Sagarika Ghose (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 Most Powerful 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]
Sagarika Ghose | |
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 Ghose in December 2005 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 3 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Abir Biswas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 November 1964 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress (since 2024) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Dilip Sardesai (father-in-law) Arundhati Ghose (aunt) Ruma Pal (aunt) Sanjay Ghose (cousin) |
| Education | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Notable work | Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister |
| Spouse | |
Education
editGhose studied from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and received her BA History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. A recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship in 1987, she has a BA Modern History from Magdalen College and an MPhil from St Antony's College, Oxford.[6]
Career
editSince 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
editHer 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
editGhose 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
editShe 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]
Political career
editSagarika Ghose joined the All India 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- 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- ^ "Strategy to breach BJP-mukt South India can't rely on Hindu card, Modi". 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Sagarika Ghose". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "'Inspired by Mamata's courage': Journalist Sagarika Ghose as TMC names her Rajya Sabha candidate". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "A deep dive research into Vajpayee's life". The Sunday Guardian Live. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Sagarika Ghose (24 March 2010). "Sagarika Ghose from HarperCollins Publishers". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Arya, Divya (8 May 2013). "Why are Indian women being attacked on social media?". BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Interview with Sagarika Ghose". mutiny.in. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Seema Chowdhry (8 February 2013). "Airing both sides". Livemint. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Rajdeep Sardesai Resigns as Editor in Chief of CNN-IBN". Deccan Chronicle. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Som, Rituparna (6 November 2006). "Most of my critics are talentless lderly ladies: Sagarika Ghose". DNA. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Netiquette, Not Censorship". M.outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'". GlobalPost. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CNN-IBN editors Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose quit". livemint.com.
- ^ "Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose Quit CNN-IBN". daily.bhaskar.com.
- ^ "National Television Awards: Latest News Stories, Photos, Videos, Blogs & Talks". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Watch: St Stephen's Felicitates Sagarika Ghose, Other Alumni". In.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "13 famous Rhodes Women". rhodesproject.com.
- ^ "Vice President giving away the C.H. Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award 2016 - BureaucracyBuzz.com". BureaucracyBuzz.com. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "The Gin Drinkers - Sagarika Ghose - Review - A lush portrait of Delhi Intellectual life". Dooyoo.co.uk. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi in the adaptation of Sagarika Ghose's biography". scroll.in. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Bose, Brinda (25 September 2006). "Pulp friction". India Today. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Why I Am a Liberal". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "The referee in town". The Hindu. 10 June 2004. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.