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{{short description|Indian writer and journalist (born 1964)}}
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| name       = Sagarika Ghose
| name               = Sagarika Ghose
| image       = Ghose,_Sagarika.jpg
| image             =
| caption     = Ghose in December 2005
| image_size        = 180px
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|8|df=yes}}
| caption           = Ghose remarks on Motion for Thanks on [[President of India|President]]'s Address in [[Rajya Sabha]] ({{circa|2025}})
| birth_place = [[New Delhi, India]]
| office            = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| education   = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br/>[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] (BA)<br/>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] ([[MPhil]])
| term_start        = 3 April 2024
| occupation = [[Journalist]]
| predecessor        = [[Abir Biswas]] 
| employer    = [[The Times Group]]
| constituency      = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Rajdeep Sardesai]]|1994}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|8|df=yes}}  
| mother     = [[Chitralekha Ghose]]
| birth_place       = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| father     = [[Bhaskar Ghose]]
| education         = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] (BA)<br/>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] ([[MPhil]])
| family      = [[Dilip Sardesai]] (father-in-law)<br/>[[Arundhati Ghose]] (aunt)<br/>[[Ruma Pal]] (aunt)
| occupation         = {{hlist|[[Journalist]]|[[Politician]]}}
| party              = [[Trinamool Congress]] (since 2024)
| mother             = Chitralekha Ghose
| father             = [[Bhaskar Ghose]]
| relatives          = [[Dilip Sardesai]] (father-in-law)<br/>[[Arundhati Ghose]] (aunt)<br/>[[Ruma Pal]] (aunt)<br/>[[Sanjay Ghose]] (cousin)
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{{infobox journalist
| embed              = yes
| years_active      = 1991-present
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Rajdeep Sardesai]]|1994}}
| notable_works      = ''[[Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister]]''
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'''Sagarika Ghose''' (born 8 November 1964) is an Indian [[Journalist]], columnist and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bloody-mary/strategy-to-breach-bjp-mukt-south-india-cant-rely-on-hindu-card-modi/|title=Strategy to breach BJP-mukt South India can’t rely on Hindu card, Modi|date=6 May 2018|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/sagarika-ghose/|title=Sagarika Ghose|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> She has been a journalist since 1991 and has worked at ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''. She was a prime time anchor for [[BBC World News|BBC World]] on ''Question Time India'' and on the news network [[CNN-IBN]], also being the deputy editor for the latter. Ghose has won several awards in journalism and is the author of two novels, as well as the biography of [[Indira Gandhi]], ''[[Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister]].'' She is currently the consulting editor of ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bloody-mary/chanakyas-not-21st-century-misuse-of-power-in-karnataka-cannot-be-justified-as-an-ancient-art-of-politics/|title=Chanakya’s not 21st century: Misuse of power in Karnataka cannot be justified as an ancient art of politics|work=The Times of India|date=28 May 2018|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref> In 2022, her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was released<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-01|title=A deep dive research into Vajpayee’s life|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/deep-dive-research-vajpayees-life|access-date=2022-01-08|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Sagarika Ghose''' ({{IPA|bn|ʃagorika ɡʱoʃ}}; born 8 November 1964) is an Indian Member of Parliament, [[journalist]], columnist and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bloody-mary/strategy-to-breach-bjp-mukt-south-india-cant-rely-on-hindu-card-modi/|title=Strategy to breach BJP-mukt South India can't rely on Hindu card, Modi|date=6 May 2018|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/sagarika-ghose/|title=Sagarika Ghose|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=‘Inspired by Mamata's courage’: Journalist Sagarika Ghose as TMC names her Rajya Sabha candidate |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/inspired-by-mamatas-courage-journalist-sagarika-ghose-as-tmc-names-her-rajya-sabha-candidate-101707702531465.html |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> She has been a journalist since 1991 and has worked at ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''. She was a prime time anchor for [[BBC World News|BBC World]] on ''Question Time India'' and on the news network [[CNN-IBN]], also being the deputy editor for the latter. Ghose has won several awards in journalism and is the author of two novels, as well as the biography of [[Indira Gandhi]], ''[[Indira: India's Prime Minister]]''. She worked as Consulting Editor of ''[[The Times of India]]'' from 2014 to 2020. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bloody-mary/chanakyas-not-21st-century-misuse-of-power-in-karnataka-cannot-be-justified-as-an-ancient-art-of-politics/|title=Chanakya's not 21st century: Misuse of power in Karnataka cannot be justified as an ancient art of politics|work=The Times of India|date=28 May 2018|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref> In 2022, her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was released.<ref name="sundayguardianlive.com">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-01|title=A deep dive research into Vajpayee's life|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/deep-dive-research-vajpayees-life|access-date=2022-01-08|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225133/https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/deep-dive-research-vajpayees-life|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Ghose received her bachelor's degree in History from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. A [[List of Rhodes Scholars|recipient]] of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 1987, she has a Bachelor's in Modern History from [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]] and an M.Phil. from [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sagarika Ghose |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/32718/Sagarika_Ghose/index.aspx |title=Sagarika Ghose from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>  
Ghose did her schooling at [[Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram]], [[Delhi]], and completed her [[B.A.]] degree in [[History]] from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. A [[List of Rhodes Scholars|recipient]] of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 1987, she has a [[B.A.]] in [[Modern History]] from [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and an [[M.Phil.]] from [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sagarika Ghose |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/32718/Sagarika_Ghose/index.aspx |title=Sagarika Ghose from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Since 1991, she has worked as a journalist at ''[[The Times Of India]]'', ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' magazine and ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and was deputy editor and prime time anchor on the news network [[CNN-IBN]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arya |first1=Divya |title=Why are Indian women being attacked on social media? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22378366 |access-date=18 June 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="replay.waybackmachine">{{cite web|url=http://mutiny.in/2007/06/05/interview-with-sagarika-ghose |title=Interview with Sagarika Ghose |publisher=mutiny.in |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131085318/http://mutiny.in/2007/06/05/interview-with-sagarika-ghose |archive-date=31 January 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Seema Chowdhry">{{cite web|author=Seema Chowdhry |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PUpBx8sSjFQRrjhqBMVmiO/Airing-both-sides.html |title=Airing both sides |publisher=Livemint |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Ghose resigned as deputy editor of [[CNN-IBN]] in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140704/nation-current-affairs/article/rajdeep-sardesai-resigns-editor-chief-cnn-ibn|title=Rajdeep Sardesai Resigns as Editor in Chief of CNN-IBN|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=5 July 2014|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref>  
Since 1991, she has worked as a journalist at ''[[The Times Of India]]'', ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' magazine and ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and was deputy editor and prime time anchor on the news network [[CNN-IBN]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arya |first1=Divya |title=Why are Indian women being attacked on social media? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22378366 |access-date=18 June 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="replay.waybackmachine">{{cite web|url=http://mutiny.in/2007/06/05/interview-with-sagarika-ghose |title=Interview with Sagarika Ghose |publisher=mutiny.in |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131085318/http://mutiny.in/2007/06/05/interview-with-sagarika-ghose |archive-date=31 January 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Seema Chowdhry">{{cite web|author=Seema Chowdhry |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PUpBx8sSjFQRrjhqBMVmiO/Airing-both-sides.html |title=Airing both sides |publisher=Livemint |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Ghose resigned as deputy editor of [[CNN-IBN]] in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140704/nation-current-affairs/article/rajdeep-sardesai-resigns-editor-chief-cnn-ibn|title=Rajdeep Sardesai Resigns as Editor in Chief of CNN-IBN|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=5 July 2014|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref>


In 2004, she became the first woman to host ''Question Time India''.<ref name="dna2006"/> She was the deputy editor and a prime time anchor on the news network [[CNN-IBN]].<ref name="replay.waybackmachine"/><ref name="Seema Chowdhry"/> Her writings and broadcasts have earned her popularity and also criticism from right-wing viewers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=282107 |title=Netiquette, Not Censorship |publisher=M.outlookindia.com |access-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020103341/http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=282107 |archive-date=20 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'">{{cite news|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/120615/internet-hindus-hindu-nationalists-right-wing-politics |title=India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus' |publisher=GlobalPost |date=18 June 2012 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>  
In 2004, she became the first woman to host ''Question Time India''.<ref name="dna2006"/> She was the deputy editor and a prime time anchor on the news network [[CNN-IBN]].<ref name="replay.waybackmachine"/><ref name="Seema Chowdhry"/> Her writings and broadcasts have earned her popularity and also criticism from right-wing viewers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=282107 |title=Netiquette, Not Censorship |publisher=M.outlookindia.com |access-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020103341/http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=282107 |archive-date=20 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'">{{cite news|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/120615/internet-hindus-hindu-nationalists-right-wing-politics |title=India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus' |publisher=GlobalPost |date=18 June 2012 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>


Ghose's Twitter interview with [[Arvind Kejriwal]] of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in 2013 became the first instance of an Indian politician giving a social media interview prior to the polls.<ref name="ibnl">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/in-first-twitter-interview-kejriwal-says-no-free-power-if-aap-wins-in-delhi/431654-80-258.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103005925/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/in-first-twitter-interview-kejriwal-says-no-free-power-if-aap-wins-in-delhi/431654-80-258.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2013|title=In first Twitter interview, Kejriwal says no free power if AAP wins in Delhi|work=IBNLive.com | date=1 November 2013 | access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref> Ghose resigned from [[CNN-IBN]] on 5 July 2014 after the network was acquired by the [[Mukesh Ambani]]-led [[Reliance Industries]] ltd. She was deputy editor of the channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/57yRvDxbdsfoQMhZMwWcPO/CNNIBN-editors-Rajdeep-Sardesai-and-Sagarika-Ghose-quit.html|title=CNN-IBN editors Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose quit|work=livemint.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-rajdeep-sardesai-sagarika-ghose-quit-cnn-ibn-herere-their-emotional-farewell-not-4669527-NOR.html|title=Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose Quit CNN-IBN|work=daily.bhaskar.com}}</ref>
Ghose's Twitter interview with [[Arvind Kejriwal]] of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in 2013 became the first instance of an Indian politician giving a social media interview prior to the polls.<ref name="ibnl">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/in-first-twitter-interview-kejriwal-says-no-free-power-if-aap-wins-in-delhi/431654-80-258.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103005925/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/in-first-twitter-interview-kejriwal-says-no-free-power-if-aap-wins-in-delhi/431654-80-258.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2013|title=In first Twitter interview, Kejriwal says no free power if AAP wins in Delhi|work=IBNLive.com | date=1 November 2013 | access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref> Ghose resigned from [[CNN-IBN]] on 5 July 2014 after the network was acquired by the [[Mukesh Ambani]]-led [[Reliance Industries]] ltd. She was deputy editor of the channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/57yRvDxbdsfoQMhZMwWcPO/CNNIBN-editors-Rajdeep-Sardesai-and-Sagarika-Ghose-quit.html|title=CNN-IBN editors Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose quit|work=livemint.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-rajdeep-sardesai-sagarika-ghose-quit-cnn-ibn-herere-their-emotional-farewell-not-4669527-NOR.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193434/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-rajdeep-sardesai-sagarika-ghose-quit-cnn-ibn-herere-their-emotional-farewell-not-4669527-NOR.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose Quit CNN-IBN|work=daily.bhaskar.com}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Her show ''Question Time Didi'', an audience based interaction with West Bengal chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] and students, from which Banerjee famously stormed out mid-way, received the NT Award for Best Public Debate Show in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/National-Television-Awards.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629120450/http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/National-Television-Awards.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=National Television Awards: Latest News Stories, Photos, Videos, Blogs & Talks |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Indian Television Academy Awards|Gr8-ITA]] award for Excellence in Journalism in 2009.{{fact|date=December 2020}} Ghose was awarded an Excellence in Journalism Award (Aparajita Award) from [[FICCI]] Ladies Organisation in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/news/life/5-Hottest-Female-Indian-Journalists--nid-142294-cid-51.html |title=5 Hottest Female Indian Journalists - Page 5 |publisher=Siliconindia.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> In 2012 she received the CF Andrews Award for Distinguished Alumnus from St Stephen's College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/videos/news-video-live/news/watch-st-stephens-felicitates-sagarika-ghose-other-alumni-310686-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823033630/http://www.in.com/videos/news-video-live/news/watch-st-stephens-felicitates-sagarika-ghose-other-alumni-310686-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2013 |title=Watch: St Stephen's Felicitates Sagarika Ghose, Other Alumni |publisher=In.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>
Her show ''Question Time Didi'', an audience based interaction with West Bengal chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] and students, from which Banerjee famously stormed out mid-way, received the NT Award for Best Public Debate Show in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/National-Television-Awards.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629120450/http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/National-Television-Awards.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=National Television Awards: Latest News Stories, Photos, Videos, Blogs & Talks |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Indian Television Academy Awards|Gr8-ITA]] award for Excellence in Journalism in 2009.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Ghose was awarded an Excellence in Journalism Award (Aparajita Award) from [[FICCI]] Ladies Organisation in 2005.{{cn|date=May 2024}} In 2012 she received the CF Andrews Award for Distinguished Alumnus from St Stephen's College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/videos/news-video-live/news/watch-st-stephens-felicitates-sagarika-ghose-other-alumni-310686-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823033630/http://www.in.com/videos/news-video-live/news/watch-st-stephens-felicitates-sagarika-ghose-other-alumni-310686-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2013 |title=Watch: St Stephen's Felicitates Sagarika Ghose, Other Alumni |publisher=In.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Ghose received the ITA Best Anchor Award from the Indian Television Academy (ITA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ita-awards-cnnibn-best-english-news-channel-sagarika-ghose-best-anchor/430119-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028022023/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ita-awards-cnnibn-best-english-news-channel-sagarika-ghose-best-anchor/430119-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2013 |title=ITA Awards: CNN-IBN best English news channel, Sagarika Ghose best anchor |publisher=IBNLive.com |access-date=1 November 2013}}</ref> In 2014, The Rhodes Project included Ghose on a list of 13 famous women Rhodes Scholars.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 famous Rhodes Women|url=http://rhodesproject.com/13-famous-rhodes-women/|publisher=rhodesproject.com}}</ref> In 2017 Ghose was awarded the C.H.Mohammed Koya National Award for journalism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bureaucracybuzz.com/2017/01/21/vice-president-giving-away-the-c-h-mohammed-koya-national-journalism-award-2016/|title=Vice President giving away the C.H. Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award 2016 - BureaucracyBuzz.com|date=2017-01-21|work=BureaucracyBuzz.com|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2013, Ghose received the ITA Best Anchor Award from the Indian Television Academy (ITA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ita-awards-cnnibn-best-english-news-channel-sagarika-ghose-best-anchor/430119-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028022023/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ita-awards-cnnibn-best-english-news-channel-sagarika-ghose-best-anchor/430119-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2013 |title=ITA Awards: CNN-IBN best English news channel, Sagarika Ghose best anchor |publisher=IBNLive.com |access-date=1 November 2013}}</ref> In 2014, The Rhodes Project included Ghose on a list of 13 famous women Rhodes Scholars.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 famous Rhodes Women|url=http://rhodesproject.com/13-famous-rhodes-women/|publisher=rhodesproject.com}}</ref> In 2017 Ghose was awarded the C.H.Mohammed Koya National Award for journalism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bureaucracybuzz.com/2017/01/21/vice-president-giving-away-the-c-h-mohammed-koya-national-journalism-award-2016/|title=Vice President giving away the C.H. Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award 2016 - BureaucracyBuzz.com|date=2017-01-21|work=BureaucracyBuzz.com|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en-US|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164610/http://bureaucracybuzz.com/2017/01/21/vice-president-giving-away-the-c-h-mohammed-koya-national-journalism-award-2016/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
Ghose is the author of two novels, ''The Gin Drinkers,'' published in 1998, and ''Blind Faith,'' in 2004. ''The Gin Drinkers'' was also published in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/the-gin-drinkers-sagarika-ghose/1141542/ |title=The Gin Drinkers - Sagarika Ghose - Review - A lush portrait of Delhi Intellectual life |publisher=Dooyoo.co.uk |date=18 October 2008 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Ghose also published a biography of former Indian Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], ''[[Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister]]'' (Juggernaut Books) in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Special Correspondent |title=The lasting mystique of Indira Gandhi: Sagarika Ghose speaks about her book 'Indira, India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/the-lasting-mystique-of-indira-gandhi/article19280984.ece |access-date=18 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=July 15, 2017}}</ref> The biography is slated to be made into a film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/864556/vidya-balan-to-play-indira-gandhi-in-adaptation-of-sagarika-ghoses-biography |title=Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi in the adaptation of Sagarika Ghose’s biography |publisher=scroll.in |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> In 2022 her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was released<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-01|title=A deep dive research into Vajpayee’s life|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/deep-dive-research-vajpayees-life|access-date=2022-01-08|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ghose is the author of two novels, ''The Gin Drinkers,'' published in 1998, and ''Blind Faith,'' in 2004. ''The Gin Drinkers'' was also published in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/the-gin-drinkers-sagarika-ghose/1141542/ |title=The Gin Drinkers - Sagarika Ghose - Review - A lush portrait of Delhi Intellectual life |publisher=Dooyoo.co.uk |date=18 October 2008 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Ghose also published a biography of former Indian Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], ''[[Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister]]'' (Juggernaut Books) in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Special Correspondent |title=The lasting mystique of Indira Gandhi: Sagarika Ghose speaks about her book 'Indira, India's Most Powerful Prime Minister' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/the-lasting-mystique-of-indira-gandhi/article19280984.ece |access-date=18 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=July 15, 2017}}</ref> The biography is slated to be made into a film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/864556/vidya-balan-to-play-indira-gandhi-in-adaptation-of-sagarika-ghoses-biography |title=Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi in the adaptation of Sagarika Ghose's biography |publisher=scroll.in |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> In 2022 her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was released.<ref name="sundayguardianlive.com"/>


In her 2018 non-fiction book, ''Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom'',<ref name="dna2006"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-of-blind-faith-by-sagarika-ghose/1/180498.html|title=Pulp friction|last=Bose|first=Brinda|date=25 September 2006|access-date=11 July 2013|work=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Why I Am a Liberal|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/why-i-am-a-liberal/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref> Ghose describes herself as a liberal who believes in rule of law, limited government, robust institutions and individual liberty. Ghose propounds the thesis that although the republic of India was founded as a liberal democracy in 1947, subsequent Indian governments throughout the post-Independence period have sought to attack individual liberty and vastly increase the powers of the government, or the powers of what she calls the Indian 'Big State'.
In her 2018 non-fiction book, ''Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom'',<ref name="dna2006"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/books/story/20060925-book-review-of-blind-faith-by-sagarika-ghose-782281-2006-09-24|title=Pulp friction|last=Bose|first=Brinda|date=25 September 2006|access-date=11 July 2013|work=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Why I Am a Liberal|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/why-i-am-a-liberal/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref> Ghose describes herself as a liberal who believes in rule of law, limited government, robust institutions and individual liberty. Ghose propounds the thesis that although the republic of India was founded as a liberal democracy in 1947, subsequent Indian governments throughout the post-Independence period have sought to attack individual liberty and vastly increase the powers of the government, or the powers of what she calls the Indian 'Big State'.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She is the daughter of [[Bhaskar Ghose]], formerly of the Indian Administrative Service 1960 batch, erstwhile Director General of [[Doordarshan]], the Indian public television network.<ref name="dna2006">{{cite news|last=Som|first=Rituparna|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1062473/report-most-of-my-critics-are-talentless-elderly-ladies-sagarika-ghose|title=Most of my critics are talentless lderly ladies: Sagarika Ghose|work=DNA | date=6 November 2006 | access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref> Her two aunts include [[Arundhati Ghose]], former ambassador and diplomat and [[Ruma Pal]], former justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. She is married to journalist and news anchor [[Rajdeep Sardesai]], the son of former Indian test cricketer [[Dilip Sardesai]]. Rajdeep and Sagarika have two children, son Ishan, and daughter Tarini.<ref>{{cite news|title=The referee in town|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121220555/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2004}}</ref>
She is the daughter of [[Bhaskar Ghose]], formerly of the Indian Administrative Service 1960 batch, erstwhile Director General of [[Doordarshan]], the Indian public television network.<ref name="dna2006">{{cite news|last=Som|first=Rituparna|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1062473/report-most-of-my-critics-are-talentless-elderly-ladies-sagarika-ghose|title=Most of my critics are talentless lderly ladies: Sagarika Ghose|work=DNA | date=6 November 2006 | access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref> Her two aunts include [[Arundhati Ghose]], former ambassador and diplomat and [[Ruma Pal]], former justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. She is married to journalist and news anchor [[Rajdeep Sardesai]], the son of former Indian test cricketer [[Dilip Sardesai]]. Rajdeep and Sagarika have two children, son Dr. Ishan Sardesai and daughter Tarini Sardesai, advocate.<ref>{{cite news|title=The referee in town|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121220555/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2004}}</ref> Ghose’s maternal great- grandfather was Dr K.S Ray, scion of the Teota zamindari family, who was one of Bengal’s renowned doctors and thoracic surgery pioneer, one of the founders of the Indian Medical Association and founder of the TB Hospital in Jadavpur, Kolkata.
 
== Political career ==
Sagarika Ghose joined the [[Trinamool Congress]] Party on 11 February 2024,<ref name="Journalist Sagarika Ghose joins TMC, to contest Rajya Sabha election">{{cite news |last1=Deccan Herald |title=Journalist Sagarika Ghose joins TMC, to contest Rajya Sabha election |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/journalist-sagarika-ghose-joins-tmc-to-contest-rajya-sabha-election-2889947 |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211171250/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/journalist-sagarika-ghose-joins-tmc-to-contest-rajya-sabha-election-2889947 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and was elected as the party's candidate to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2024.<ref name="Trinamool names Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, and two others for Rajya Sabha">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Trinamool names Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, and two others for Rajya Sabha |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/tmc-announces-candidature-of-sagarika-ghose-sushmita-dev-2-others-for-rs-polls/article67834933.ece |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211171055/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/tmc-announces-candidature-of-sagarika-ghose-sushmita-dev-2-others-for-rs-polls/article67834933.ece |archive-date=11 February 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister]]'' (2017)
*''Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom'' (2018)
*''Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom'' (2018)
*''Atal Bihari Vajpayee - India’s Most Loved Prime Minister'' (2022)
*''Atal Bihari Vajpayee – India's Most Loved Prime Minister'' (2022)


==References==
==References==
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Sagarika Ghose
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2024
Preceded byAbir Biswas
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born (1964-11-08) 8 November 1964 (age 61)
New Delhi, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress (since 2024)
Parents
RelativesDilip Sardesai (father-in-law)
Arundhati Ghose (aunt)
Ruma Pal (aunt)
Sanjay Ghose (cousin)
EducationSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Magdalen College, Oxford (BA)
St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil)
Occupation
Template:Infobox journalist

Sagarika Ghose (bn; born 8 November 1964) is an Indian Member of Parliament, journalist, columnist and author.[1][2][3] She has been a journalist since 1991 and has worked at The Times of India, Outlook and The Indian Express. She was a prime time anchor for BBC World on Question Time India and on the news network CNN-IBN, also being the deputy editor for the latter. Ghose has won several awards in journalism and is the author of two novels, as well as the biography of Indira Gandhi, Indira: India's Prime Minister. She worked as Consulting Editor of The Times of India from 2014 to 2020. [4] In 2022, her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was released.[5]

Education[edit | edit source]

Ghose did her schooling at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, Delhi, and completed her B.A. degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. A recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship in 1987, she has a B.A. in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an M.Phil. from St Antony's College, Oxford.[6]

Career[edit | edit source]

Since 1991, she has worked as a journalist at The Times Of India, Outlook magazine and The Indian Express and was deputy editor and prime time anchor on the news network CNN-IBN.[7][8][9] Ghose resigned as deputy editor of CNN-IBN in July 2014.[10]

In 2004, she became the first woman to host Question Time India.[11] She was the deputy editor and a prime time anchor on the news network CNN-IBN.[8][9] Her writings and broadcasts have earned her popularity and also criticism from right-wing viewers.[12][13]

Ghose's Twitter interview with Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party in 2013 became the first instance of an Indian politician giving a social media interview prior to the polls.[14] Ghose resigned from CNN-IBN on 5 July 2014 after the network was acquired by the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries ltd. She was deputy editor of the channel.[15][16]

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

Her show Question Time Didi, an audience based interaction with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and students, from which Banerjee famously stormed out mid-way, received the NT Award for Best Public Debate Show in 2013.[17] She was awarded the Gr8-ITA award for Excellence in Journalism in 2009.[citation needed] Ghose was awarded an Excellence in Journalism Award (Aparajita Award) from FICCI Ladies Organisation in 2005.[citation needed] In 2012 she received the CF Andrews Award for Distinguished Alumnus from St Stephen's College.[18] In 2013, Ghose received the ITA Best Anchor Award from the Indian Television Academy (ITA).[19] In 2014, The Rhodes Project included Ghose on a list of 13 famous women Rhodes Scholars.[20] In 2017 Ghose was awarded the C.H.Mohammed Koya National Award for journalism.[21]

Published works[edit | edit source]

Ghose is the author of two novels, The Gin Drinkers, published in 1998, and Blind Faith, in 2004. The Gin Drinkers was also published in the Netherlands.[22] Ghose also published a biography of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister (Juggernaut Books) in 2017.[23] The biography is slated to be made into a film.[24] In 2022 her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was released.[5]

In her 2018 non-fiction book, Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom,[11][25][26] Ghose describes herself as a liberal who believes in rule of law, limited government, robust institutions and individual liberty. Ghose propounds the thesis that although the republic of India was founded as a liberal democracy in 1947, subsequent Indian governments throughout the post-Independence period have sought to attack individual liberty and vastly increase the powers of the government, or the powers of what she calls the Indian 'Big State'.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She is the daughter of Bhaskar Ghose, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service 1960 batch, erstwhile Director General of Doordarshan, the Indian public television network.[11] Her two aunts include Arundhati Ghose, former ambassador and diplomat and Ruma Pal, former justice of the Supreme Court of India. She is married to journalist and news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai, the son of former Indian test cricketer Dilip Sardesai. Rajdeep and Sagarika have two children, son Dr. Ishan Sardesai and daughter Tarini Sardesai, advocate.[27] Ghose’s maternal great- grandfather was Dr K.S Ray, scion of the Teota zamindari family, who was one of Bengal’s renowned doctors and thoracic surgery pioneer, one of the founders of the Indian Medical Association and founder of the TB Hospital in Jadavpur, Kolkata.

Political career[edit | edit source]

Sagarika Ghose joined the Trinamool Congress Party on 11 February 2024,[28] and was elected as the party's candidate to the Rajya Sabha in 2024.[29]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • The Gin Drinkers (1998)
  • Blind Faith (2004)
  • Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister (2017)
  • Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto For Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom (2018)
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee – India's Most Loved Prime Minister (2022)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Strategy to breach BJP-mukt South India can't rely on Hindu card, Modi". 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sagarika Ghose". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "'Inspired by Mamata's courage': Journalist Sagarika Ghose as TMC names her Rajya Sabha candidate". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Chanakya's not 21st century: Misuse of power in Karnataka cannot be justified as an ancient art of politics". The Times of India. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "A deep dive research into Vajpayee's life". The Sunday Guardian Live. 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Sagarika Ghose (24 March 2010). "Sagarika Ghose from HarperCollins Publishers". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Arya, Divya (8 May 2013). "Why are Indian women being attacked on social media?". BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Interview with Sagarika Ghose". mutiny.in. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Seema Chowdhry (8 February 2013). "Airing both sides". Livemint. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Rajdeep Sardesai Resigns as Editor in Chief of CNN-IBN". Deccan Chronicle. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Som, Rituparna (6 November 2006). "Most of my critics are talentless lderly ladies: Sagarika Ghose". DNA. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Netiquette, Not Censorship". M.outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'". GlobalPost. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "In first Twitter interview, Kejriwal says no free power if AAP wins in Delhi". IBNLive.com. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "CNN-IBN editors Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose quit". livemint.com.
  16. ↑ "Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose Quit CNN-IBN". daily.bhaskar.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "National Television Awards: Latest News Stories, Photos, Videos, Blogs & Talks". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ↑ "Watch: St Stephen's Felicitates Sagarika Ghose, Other Alumni". In.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  19. ↑ "ITA Awards: CNN-IBN best English news channel, Sagarika Ghose best anchor". IBNLive.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  20. ↑ "13 famous Rhodes Women". rhodesproject.com.
  21. ↑ "Vice President giving away the C.H. Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award 2016 - BureaucracyBuzz.com". BureaucracyBuzz.com. 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  22. ↑ "The Gin Drinkers - Sagarika Ghose - Review - A lush portrait of Delhi Intellectual life". Dooyoo.co.uk. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  23. ↑ Special Correspondent (15 July 2017). "The lasting mystique of Indira Gandhi: Sagarika Ghose speaks about her book 'Indira, India's Most Powerful Prime Minister'". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 June 2021. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  24. ↑ "Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi in the adaptation of Sagarika Ghose's biography". scroll.in. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  25. ↑ Bose, Brinda (25 September 2006). "Pulp friction". India Today. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  26. ↑ "Why I Am a Liberal". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  27. ↑ "The referee in town". The Hindu. 10 June 2004. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004.
  28. ↑ Deccan Herald (11 February 2024). "Journalist Sagarika Ghose joins TMC, to contest Rajya Sabha election". Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  29. ↑ The Hindu (11 February 2024). "Trinamool names Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, and two others for Rajya Sabha". Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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