| EDUCATION |
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La
Martinere College, Lucknow, U.P, India |
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Delhi University,
Delhi, INDIA. |
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Thomson
School of Journalism, Wales, UK. |
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Princeton
University, USA. |
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| PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
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| EDITOR
AND PRODUCER, WORLD REPORT |
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| WORLD
REPORT syndicates a weekly column in the Indian Express, a leading
English daily and 11 other national and regional newspapers. |
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WORLD REPORT produced a prime time international news and features
series entitled It’s A Small World from 1997 – 1999
for Star Television (which, with a reach of over 50 countries,
has the largest footprint in Asia). |
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From 1986-1997 WORLD REPORT produced a path breaking international
affairs series entitled World Report for Doordarshan - the only
programme on Indian television to consistently feature interviews
with major world leaders. |
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WORLD REPORT covered the Iraq war from March till September
2004. This was shown every night on Doordarshan in the name
of Worldview India |
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, DELHI. 1984-85 |
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Foreign Editor |
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| THE
INDIAN EXPRESS, MADRAS. 1979-84 |
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Editor, Southern Editions ( Madras, Madurai, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Vijayawada & Cochin) |
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| THE
INDIAN EXPRESS, DELHI. 1977-78 |
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Special Correspondent in charge of Prime Minister’s Office,
Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Parliament.
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| THE
SUNDAY TIMES, LONDON. 1967-69 |
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Feature Writer, Special investigations on race relations in
Britain. |
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Special Correspondent in India until 1975. |
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| SALEM
EVENING NEWS, MASSACHUSETTS, USA 1976-77 |
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Senior Reporter |
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| THE
STATESMAN, DELHI. 1964-1967 |
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Staff Reporter |
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Staff Correspondent, Rajasthan. |
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Special Correspondent in charge of Parliament and various Ministries. |
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Editor, Sunday Magazine. |
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| STORIES
/ FEATURES IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES: |
| National
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The Indian
Express, The Statesman, Illustrated Weekly, Asia Magazine, New
Delhi Magazine, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The
Telegraph. |
| International |
The New
York Times (USA), The Sunday Times (UK), The Times (UK), The
Guardian (UK), The Washington Post (USA), La Republica (Italy) |
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| BOOKS
PUBLISHED: |
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Reflections of an Indian Muslim, Har-Anand Publications. New
Delhi. 1992 |
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The
Last Brahmin Prime Minister? Har-Anand Publications. New Delhi.
1996
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| MAJOR
RESEARCH INTEREST: |
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Armed
Intervention in International Affairs in collaboration with
the Institute of Philosophy and Public Issues, University
of Melbourne, Australia.
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Communication,
Politics, and Media in Islamic Societies. |
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| WORLD
LEADERS INTERVIEWED (FOR PRINT) |
| Bangladesh
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Prime Minister
Mujibur Rehman, President Zia-Ur Rehman |
| Bhutan
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King Jigme
Sangme Wangchuk Dorje. |
| India |
Krishna
Menon, Prime Minister Morarji Desai,
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. |
| Jamaica
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Prime Minister
Michael Manley |
| Libya |
President
Col. Qaddafi |
| Pakistan
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Prime Minister
Z.A Bhutto, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,
President Zia-ul-Haq, Foreign Minister Agha Shahi. |
| Palestine
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Chairman
Yasser Arafat |
| Sri Lanka
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President
J.R Jayawardene, Prime Minister Srimavo Bandaranaike,
Minister, Internal Security Lalith Athulathmudali. |
| U.S.A |
Presidential
Candidate Jimmy Carter, Sec. Of State Dean Rusk, |
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| WORLD
LEADERS INTERVIEWED (FOR TV) |
| Afghanistan
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President
Najibullah (1989) |
| Australia
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Foreign
Minister Gareth Evans (1995)
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (1999)
Alexander Downer Foreign Minister (2000) |
| Bosnia
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Foreign
Minister Ljubijankic Irfan (1994)
Prime Minister Dr. Haris Silajdzic (1997) |
| Canada
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Ujjal Singh
Dosanjh premier of British Columbia (2000) |
| Croatia
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Foreign
Minister Ivo Sanader (1994)
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| Cuba |
President
Fidel Castro (1990) |
| Cyprus
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President
George Vassilieau (1995)
Rauf Denktash (from the Turkish side of the border-1995 &
1999)
President Glafcos Clerides and Mrs. Leela Arulkar Clerides 2001 |
| Egypt |
President
Hosni Mubarak (1995) |
| France
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President
Jacques Chirac (1998) |
| Fiji |
President
Colonel Rabuka (first interview after the coup in 1987)
Prime Minister Mahendra Choudhry (1999) |
| Germany
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President
Richard Von Weizsacker (1991)
Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel (1997)
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| Iran |
President
Hashemi Rafsanjani (1988 & 1995)
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (1997)
Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar (1998 |
| Iraq |
Foreign
Minister Mohammed Said Al Sahaf (1994 & 1998)
Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz (1998) |
| Ireland
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President
Mary Robinson (1994)
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| Israel
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Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir
Lea Rabin , Widow of Yitzhak Rabin (2000)
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (1994, 1996, 1999)
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (1994)
President Ezer Weizman (1996)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (1996) |
| Italy |
Prime Minister
Prof.Romano Prodi (1996 and 1998) |
| Indonesia
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President
Abdurrahman Wahid (2000) |
| Jordan
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Crown Prince
Hassan (1991)
Crown Prince Hassan (2003) |
| Kampuchea
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Prime Minister
Samdech Hun Sen (2000) |
| Lithuania
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President
Valdus Adamkus (2001) |
| Malaysia
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Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad (1997 and 2001) |
| Maldives
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President
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (2001) |
| Mauritius
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Prime Minister
Navin Ramgoolam (1996) |
| Morocco
|
Prime Minister
Abdellatif Filali (1994) |
| Namibia
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President
Sam Nujoma (1989) |
| Nepal |
Prime Minister
Manmohan Adhikari (1994)
Prime Minister G.P. Koirala (1994)
K.P. Bhattarai (1994) |
| Nicaragua
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President
Daniel Ortega (1986) |
| Nigeria
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President
Olesegun Obasanjo (2000) |
| N.Ireland
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Gerry Adams
(1994 and 1997) |
| Norway
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Erik Solheim,
Facilitator Lanka Talks (2000)
Prime Minister Jan Stoltenburg (2001) |
| POK |
Sardar
Abdul Ghayoom (1994) |
| Pakistan
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Foreign
Minister Sardar Asif Ali (1994)
Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub (1998)
Prime Minister Mr Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (2003) |
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Phillipines
President Gloria Arroyo (2001) |
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Singapore
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (1995) |
| Saudi Arabia
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Prince
Abdullah Bin Faisal (2001) |
| Somalia
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Gen. Farrah
Aidid (1994)
President Abdikassim Salad Hassan (2000) |
| Sri Lanka
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President
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1995 and 1998)
Lakshman Kadrigamar Foreign Minister (2001) |
| South Africa
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President
Nelson Mandela (first television interview after his release
from prison in 1990; in 1995; in 1997)
Former President F.W. De Klerk (1997)
ANC leader Walter Sissulu (1990)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1990)
Zulu leader, Mangosuthu Buthalezi (1997)
Deputy President Thabo Mbeki (1997) |
| Soviet
Union |
President
Mikhail Gorbachev (1985)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1999) |
| Syria |
Deputy
Prime Minister Farooq Al-Sharaa (2003) |
| Tanzania
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President
Julius Nyerere (1989) |
| Trinidad
& Tobago |
Prime
Minister Basdeo Pandey (1997) |
| Turkey
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President
Evren, Prime Minister Ozal
President Demirel (1995)
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit (1997)
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit (2000)
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul (2003) |
| Uganda
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Foreign
Minister Kivuzenja (1994)
President Yoweri Kaguta-Museveni (1994) |
| U.K |
Labour
leader Neil Kinnock
Richard Needham Minister- Trade & Industry (1994)
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott (1999)
Peter Hain Minister of State Foreign Affairs (2000)
Robin Cook British Foreign Secretary (2000)
Jack Straw British Home Secy.
Geoff Hoon British Defence Secy. (2001)
Sir Mark Tully BBC India (2002)
Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary (2003) |
| U.S.A |
Zbigniew
Brezinski, former US National Security Advisor (1979 & 1998)
Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State (1998)
Strobe Talbott, US Deputy Secretary of State (1999)
Stephen Cohen, Brookings Institution
Karl Inderfurth Asst. Secy of State for South Asia
Adm.Dennis C Blair, C-in-C, US Pacific Command
Colin Powell, Secretary of State (2003) |
| UN |
Boutros-Boutros
Ghali (as UN Sec. General in 1995 and
as Head of the Francophone Secretariat in 1998)
Secy.General. Kofi Annan (1998)
Secy.General Kofi Annan (2000)
Lakhdar Brahimi, Chairman UN Peace keeping Panel (2001) |
| Uzbekistan
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President
Islam Karimov (1993) |
| Vietnam
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President
Vo Van Kiet (1997) |
| Zambia
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President
Kenneth Kaunda (1989) |
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Since Iraq War – 2003 |
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(1) Colin
Powell, Secretary of State (US)
(2) Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary (UK)
(3) Abdullah Gul, Foreign Minister (Turkey)
(4) Prince Hasan(Jordan)
(5) Teorg Larsen, Special Representatives of US Secretary General
in Mid-East.
(6) Ayatullah Baker Al Hakim, Shia Cleric, Iraq.
(7) Ahmad Chalabi, Shia on Iraq Governing Council.
(8) Hussain Fadlaah, Lebanese Cleric.
(9) Farook Al Sharaa, Foreign Minister, Syria.
(10) Hamid Karzai, President Afghanistan
(11) Marshall Fahim, Defence Minister, Afghanistan.
(12) Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative, UN Secretary General,
Afghanistan.
(13) Benazir Bhutto, Former Prime Minister, Pakistan.
(14) Gen.Pervez Musharraf, President, Pakistan.
(15) Khursheed Kasuri, Foreign Minister, Pakistan.
(16) Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Prime Minister, Pakistan.
(17) Pascal Couchepin, President, Switzerland
(18) David Blunkett, Home Secretary, Britain
(19) Dominique De Villepein, Foreign Minister, France |
