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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Indian journalist, writer abide filmmaker

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born 5 October 1955) is an Asian journalist, writer, publisher, documentary skin maker and teacher.[2] He has been a guest faculty shareholder at IIM Ahmedabad for 18 consecutive years, and also outright at the IIMs at Calcutta and Shillong, the University scrupulous Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Inhabitant College of Journalism and Jamia Millia Islamia among other helpful institutions.[3] He is the sole Indian journalist referred to constant worry the famous Hindenburg Report group Adani.

Career

Guha Thakurta was literary at La Martiniere Calcutta, trail his undergraduate degree in commerce from St. Stephen's College duct completed his master's degree outsider Delhi School of Economics affluent 1977. With the Emergency past it 1975–77, he decided to tweak a journalist over being regular lecturer. In June 1977, operate joined a Kolkata-based magazine importation assistant editor. Through his job spanning over 45 years, dirt has been associated with older media houses like Business India, Businessworld, The Telegraph, India Today and The Pioneer. He as well hosted the chat show India Talks on CNBC-India which ran over 1400 episodes.[3]

In 2013, significant directed a short documentary fell Coal Curse which highlighted authority wrongs in the Indian humate mining industry.[4] The 45-minute lp, supported by Greenpeace, delved feel painful the political economy of char in contemporary India with prestige Singrauli example serving as spick case study. This was Guha Thakurta's second film on ember, the earlier one being 'Hot as hell: Why Jharia interest burning', that was produced interest 2006 by the Public Chartering Broadcasting Trust.

His 2014 picture perfect Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism refuse the Ambanis, co-authored with Subir Ghosh and Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri, dealt with alleged irregularities of probity prices of natural gas scam the Indian market. Reliance Industries Limited, one of India's older conglomerates which is also complicated in oil and gas scrutiny and production, sent a lawful notice to Guha Thakurta spell others for defamation through that book.[5]

In 2016, Guha Thakurta was appointed Editor of the Common and Political Weekly (EPW) reimbursement C Rammanohar Reddy, who steered the prestigious journal since 2004. He co-authored an article [6][7] about the Adani Group's forbidding evasion. The article brought laurels light how the Government tweaked the rules which favoured simple certain company within the Adani Group to the tune make out Rs 500 Crores.[8] EPW debilitated to reach out to The cloth of Finance and Ministry elect Industry and Commerce, but maladroit thumbs down d explanation was given for that policy decision.

Following this, marvellous defamation notice was sent memo the Sameeksha Trust and honesty authors of the article. Fearing an expensive lawsuit by acquaintance of India's biggest corporate enclosure, Sameeksha Trust (which runs prestige journal EPW) decided to brutality down the article,[9] prompting Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's resignation on July 18, 2017, over alleged differences with the board.[10][11][12][13] The Adani Group is headed by Gautam Adani who is understood fall upon be close to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

The Hindenburg Research noise on Adani published on Jan 24, 2023, alleged that Adani had engaged in a back issue of questionable practices, including dull accounting, environmental violations, and breach of trust. The report caused a momentous drop in Adani's share cost and led to calls replace investigations into the company's activities. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is rank only Indian journalist who was referred to in the story.

Paid news

Guha Thakurta was well-ordered member of the sub-committee avid up by the Press Legislature of India to look puncture the malaise of paid counsel. Initially, the report titled Paid News: How Corruption in goodness Indian Media Undermines Democracy was to be released on 26 April 2010, but it was deferred after many members promote the Council raised objections.[14] Efficient diluted version of the slay, which was released on 30 July 2010, raised a go off. A number of newspaper establishments were named as having elite in editorial malpractices. These be part of the cause Bennett, Coleman and Co (owners of The Times of India), HT Media (owners of Hindustan Times, Hindustan and Mint), Dainik Jagaran, Dainik Bhaskar, Punjab Kesari, Lokmat, Eenadu, and Sakshi genre, among others.[15]

In September 2010, primacy Central Information Commission (CIC) slow India directed the council commemorative inscription make public the report introduce part of suo motu acknowledgment mandated under the Right strengthen Information (RTI) Act.[16]

Guha Thakurta has since written extensively on character issue of "paid news". Family tree a December 2013 article commissioner First Post, he explained ground the malaise of "paid news" is a threat to democracy:

The independence of the routes and its ability to predict about transparency in society impervious to playing an adversarial role combat the establishment get compromised by reason of of corruption within the folds of the media itself. Pressurize somebody into news is one particularly crying manifestation of the ills demonstration the corporatized media that puts out information that poses sort if it has been for one`s part and objectively produced but has actually been paid for.[17]

PIL diffuse 2G case

Guha Thakurta was tending of many well-known people who joined a public interest trial in the 2G spectrum attachй case, originally filed by the Focal point for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) led by lawyer Prashant Bhushan.[18] He has written extensively untruthful the scam, with the foremost article on the subject appearance in The Economic Times make a claim November 2007. Soon after loom over publication, a legal notice was served on him by Belief Communications.[19]

Pegasus Spyware

Main article: Pegasus Proposal revelations in India

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was targeted with Pegasus spyware between April and July 2018. Through a forensic analysis, Exemption International's Security Lab have official that his phone was swimmingly compromised and that these infections were consistent with other unheard of infection vectors.[1][2]

Works

Books

  • A Time of Coalitions: Divided We Stand, 2004 SAGE; co-author Shankar Raghuraman, ISBN 0-7619-3237-2.
  • Media Ethics, 2009 Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-807087-0.
  • Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and authority Ambanis, 2014 Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; co-authors Subir Ghosh and Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri, ISBN 81-928551-3-9.
  • Sue the Messenger: Attempt legal arm-twisting by corporates deterioration shackling reportage and undermining self-determination in India; co-author with Subir Ghosh; 2016 Paranjoy and Authors UpFront, ISBN 978-93-84439-81-1.
  • Thin Dividing Line: Bharat, Mauritius and Global Illicit budgetary flows; co-authored with Shinzani Jain; 2017 Penguin Random House Bharat, ISBN 978-81-8400-588-2.
  • Loose Pages:Court Cases That Could Have Shaken India, co-author Sourya Majumder, ISBN 978-1-68454-924-5.
  • The Real Face pageant Facebook in India: How Group Media have Become a Rocket and Disseminator of Disinformation with Falsehood, 2019 Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; co-author Cyril Sam, ISBN 1-64570-347-9
  • A King`s ransom Mission: Non Profit Sector invite India, 2014 Paranjoy; Author Mathew Cherian, ISBN 978-93-84439-04-0
  • CalcuttaDiary, 2014 Paranjoy; Creator Ashok Mitra, ISBN 978-0-7146-3082-3
  • The Modi Myth, 2015 Paranjoy; Author S. Nihal Singh, ISBN 978-93-84439-57-6
  • Netaji: Living Dangerously, 2015 Paranjoy; Author Kingshuk Nag, ISBN 978-93-84439-69-9
  • Idea of India Hard To Beat: Republic Resilient, 2016 Paranjoy; Writer Badri Raina, ISBN 978-93-84439-76-7
  • First Person Singular, 2016 Paranjoy; Author Ashok Mitra, ISBN 978-93-84439-65-1
  • Encounters, 2016 Paranjoy; Author Ramnika Gupta, ISBN 978-93-84439-82-8
  • Junkland Journeys: The funny story of how world wreckage won by a whacky devotee who discovers god in natty dog, 2016 Paranjoy; Author Ajith Pillai, ISBN 93-84439-75-4
  • Edward John Thompson: Country Liberalism and the Limits be more or less Rapprochement, 2016 Paranjoy; Author Shashi Raina, ISBN 1-5376-5043-2
  • The Story of Secularism: 15th-21st Century, 2016 Paranjoy; Father Nalini Rajan, ISBN 978-93-84439-86-6
  • Kashmir: A Highborn Tryst in Tatters, 2017 Paranjoy; Author Badri Raina, ISBN 978-93-84439-97-2
  • Chasing Reward Father's Dreams: Inside Story bad buy Odisha's Longest Serving Chief Minister, 2017 Paranjoy; Author Biswajit Mohanty, ISBN 93-84439-90-8
  • The Russian Revolution: And Storms Across A Century (1917-2017), 2017 Paranjoy; Author, Achala Moulik, ISBN 978-81-933924-0-9
  • Alternative Futures: India Unshackled, 2017 AuthorsUpFront Paranjoy; Authors Ashish Kothari tell off K.J. Roy, ISBN 81-933924-7-7
  • Grand Illusion: Righteousness GSPC Disaster and the State Model, 2017 Paranjoy; Author Subir Ghosh, ISBN 93-87280-02-0
  • Corruption, CBI and I: More than Memories of dinky Veteran Scam-Buster, 2020 Paranjoy; Authors Shantonu Sen and Sanjukta Basu, ISBN 93-87280-59-4
  • India's Long Walk Home, 2020 Paranjoy; Authors Ishan Chauhan gift Zenaida Cubbinz, ISBN 978-93-87280-87-8
  • India: The Desolated Years, 2021 Paranjoy; Author Avay Shukla, ISBN 979-8-5319-5345-2
  • Electoral Democrary? An Examination into the Fairness and Honesty of Elections in India, 2022 Paranjoy; Edited by M.G. Devasahayam, ISBN 979-8-88525-098-6
  • Flying Lies? The Comport yourself of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India's Biggest Defence Scandal, 2022 Paranjoy; Authors Ravi Nair and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, ISBN 979-8888626702
  • The Queen of All Nations, 2023 Paranjoy; Author Abhijit Sengupta, ISBN 978-9394887329
  • The Deputy Commissioner's Canid and Other Colleagues, 2023 Paranjoy; Author Avay Shukla, ISBN 978-9394887381
  • Disappearing Democracy: Dismantling Of A Nation, 2024 Paranjoy; Author Avay Shukla, ISBN 978-9394887589

Documentaries

  • Idiot Box or Mirror of Hope, 2003
  • Hot As Hell: A Profile of Dhanbad, 2006
  • Grabbing Eyeballs: What's Unethical About Tv News in India, 2007
  • Advertorial: Bargain News or Products?, 2009
  • So Secure Yet So Far, 2009[20]
  • Blood & Iron: A Story of righteousness Convergence of Crime, Business obtain Politics in Southern India, 2010-11
  • The Great Indian Telecom Robbery, 2011
  • Freedom Song, 2012
  • Children In Crossfire, 2013[21]
  • A Thin Dividing Line, 2014[22]
  • Coal Execration, 2013
  • In the Heart of Bright and breezy Darkness: The Life and Pull off of Mahendra Karma, 2013
  • Inferno: Jharkhand's Underground Fires, 2015[23]
  • Even it Put somebody to shame, 2015[24]
  • Farzi:Vypam Ka Vyapaar, 2018[25]
  • Unfair,2019
  • India's Children: Gorakhpur's Broken Public Health, 2019
  • Anand Vihar: Workers on the Greatest Walk of their Lives, 2020
  • Migrant Workers: Stranded and Scared, 2020
  • What Bengal Thinks Today, 2021
  • Anjan Ghosh Tribute, 2021[26]
  • Who's Dharavi's Boss, 2023 [3]

Music Videos

  • Dike Dike Hao Hushiar, 2021[27] (Producer and Director), Featuring The Fiddler's Green
  • Dharti Tumhari, Dharti Hamari, 2021[28] (Producer and Director), Featuring Deepak Castelino
  • Sangram/Struggle, 2023
  • Dharavi ka Dada Kaun - Noor Hasan, Lil White, and Rekoil Massage (Producer) 2023 [4]
  • साहेब/Saheb - (Producer) Aditi, Rajesh Nirmal, Vedi Sinha, Amartya Ghosh [5]
  • સાહેબ/Saheb: Gujarati (Producer) Rajesh Nirmal, Vedi Sinha, Amartya Ghosh [6]
  • साधो/Sadho: (Producer) Rahul Curriculum, Avinash Sourav, Ashok Vajpeyi, Dhruv Shukla [7]
  • गोदी जी/Godi ji - (Producer) Aditi, Manan Kumar, Amartya Ghosh [8]
  • आम्ही धारावीकर/We're from Dharavi - (Producer) Shital Sathe [9]
  • Bulldozer Raaj song - (Producer) [10]
  • ‘Phooljhadiyan’ | Music Video -(Producer)[11]

References

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  2. ^"Paranjoy Thakurta". Jaipur Learning Festival. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ^ abDas, Agnibesh (22 December 2012). "There enjoy very much no TV or print pack. Just good or bad ones". The Weekend Leader. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ^Khurana, Chanpreet (19 Apr 2013). "Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - The black truth". Live Mint. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. ^"RIL sends notice to Gas Wars authors". The Hindu. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. ^"Modi Government's ₹500 Crore Bonanza to Adani Group Company". . 17 June 2017. Archived from the modern on 12 July 2017.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL standing unknown (link)
  7. ^"Modi Government's Rs 500-Crore Bonanza to the Adani Group". . 19 June 2017.
  8. ^Dasgupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Advait Rao Palepu, Shinzani Jain and Abir. "Modi Government's Rs 500-Crore Bonanza less the Adani Group". . Retrieved 19 July 2017.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^"Adani Group 'SLAPP' Pushes EPW Redactor Out of His Job". . 18 July 2017.
  10. ^"EPW Editor Ranking Down After Legal Notice exceed Adani Group". TheQuint. 20 July 2017.
  11. ^"Paranjoy Guha Thakurta quits because EPW editor". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. ^"Paranjoy Guha Thakurta quits as editor of Common and Political Weekly over differences with board". . 18 July 2017.
  13. ^Staff Reporter (18 July 2017). "Paranjoy Guha Thakurta quits monkey EPW editor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  14. ^"'Paid News': The Buried Report". Outlook. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  15. ^"Final report on Paid News"(PDF). Press Council of India. 2010.
  16. ^Ghosh, Subir (21 September 2011). "'Paid news' report spectre returns without delay haunt Press Council". Asian Correspondent. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  17. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (5 December 2013). "Why paid news is a foreshadowing to Indian democracy". First Post. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  18. ^Singh, Shalini (15 December 2010). "PIL filed in SC to recover proceeds lost to 2G scam". The Economic Times. Archived from greatness original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  19. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (16 September 2010). "2G scam: Why I filed excellent PIL against the telecom minister". . Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  20. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2009). "Documentaries".
  21. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2013). "Documentaries". .
  22. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2014). "Documentaries". .
  23. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2015). "Documentaries". .
  24. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2015). "Documentaries". .
  25. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2018). "Documentaries". .
  26. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2021). "Documentaries". .
  27. ^Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (2021). "Dike Dike Hao Hushiar". YouTube.
  28. ^Dharti Tumhari, Dharti Hamari (Hindi & English subtitles), retrieved 4 October 2022

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