The Devils Advocate: The Untold Story: Karan Thapar & Sagarika Ghose
Karan Thapar trained as a correspondent, producer, editor and presenter in the United Kingdom. He currently heads Infotainment Television, a production house that makes programmes for the BBC, Channel NewsAsia, CNBC, CNN News 18 and Doordarshan. Perhaps the most prestigious programme Thapar has presented is the BBC series HARDtalk INDIA, modelled on the lines of the BBC’s long standing programme. His other accolades include numerous Asian Television Awards, the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and, most recently, the 2017 G.K. Reddy Memorial Award for Excellence in Journalism. Since 2004, Thapar has presented India Tonight on CNBC. In 2006, he launched the primetime interview programme Devil’s Advocate on CNN News 18. Also a columnist, he writes for the Hindustan Times. His ‘Sunday Sentiments’ columns have been published as two books along with a collection of his ‘Face to Face’ interviews for the BBC.
Sagarika Ghose is a senior journalist and author. She is currently Consulting Editor at the Times Of India. She joined journalism in 1991 and has been a journalist and media personality for over 25 years. She started her career at the Times Of India, was part of the startup team of Outlook magazine and went on to work for The Indian Express. She was deputy editor and prime time news anchor on the news network CNN IBN. She is also the author of the novels The Gin Drinkers and Blind Faith, both published worldwide, and the recently published bestselling biography, Indira, India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister. Ghose is a Rhodes Scholar and completed her postgraduate studies in Modern History from Oxford University.
The Devils Advocate: The Untold Story
Renowned journalist and TV personality Karan Thapar’s memoir, the incisive Devil’s Advocate: The Untold Story, written with his characteristic wit, has the stories of his life: personal anecdotes, encounters with famous people and his long-drawn dramatic friendships with a crosssection of controversial and well-known personalities ranging from Sanjay Gandhi who attempted to teach Thapar to fly in a nerve-racking sortie across farmers’ fields to Aung San Suu Kyi, Rajiv Gandhi and LK Advani, with whom he had a falling-out. There’s also the untold story of two of his most contentious interviews: with Jayalalithaa and Narendra Modi. “Thapar will be in a riveting session with Indian journalist and author of Why I Am a Liberal: A Manifesto for Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom, Sagarika Ghose.
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