Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born October 5, 1955) is an Indian journalist, political commentator, author and a documentary film maker. His works have appeared in print, radio, television and documentaries.[1] He is also a regular guest lecturer at some of the top institutes like the Indian Institutes of Management, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia.[2]

Guha Thakurta was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta and completed his masters from Delhi School of Economics in 1977. With the Emergency of 1975-77, he decided to be a journalist over being a lecturer. In June 1977, he joined a Kolkata-based magazine as assistant editor. Through his career spanning over 30 years, he has been associated with major media houses like Business India, Businessworld, The Telegraph, India Today and The Pioneer. He also hosted the chat show India Talks on CNBC-India which ran over 1400 episodes.[2]

In 2013, he directed a short documentary film Coal Curse which highlighted the wrongs in the Indian coal mining industry.[3]

His 2014 book Gas Wars, co-authored with Subir Ghosh and Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri, dealt with alleged irregularities of the prices of natural gas in the Indian market. Reliance Industries Limited, one of India's major conglomerates which is also involved in oil and gas exploration and production, sent a legal notice to Guha Thakurta and others for defamation through this book.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paranjoy Thakurta". Jaipur Literature Festival. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Das, Agnibesh (22 December 2012). "‘There are no TV or print journalists. Just good or bad ones’". The Weekend Leader. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Khurana, Chanpreet (19 April 2013). "Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - The black truth". Live Mint. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "RIL sends notice to Gas Wars authors". The Hindu. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

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