1. Anil Dharker was an Indian journalist and writer.
19 Facts About Anil Dharker
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Anil Dharker joined the academic staff of the University of Glasgow, where he specialised in Building Services Engineering.
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Anil Dharker initiated the use of smoke detectors, sprinklers, positive air pressure and other practices which are now prescribed by law for new buildings.
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Anil Dharker was on the selection committees for India's International Film Festivals and represented NFDC in overseas film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Chicago and London.
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Anil Dharker was editor of a variety of publications, starting with Debonair, Mid-day and Sunday Mid-day ; The Independent, a morning broad-sheet from the Times of India group and The Illustrated Weekly of India.
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Anil Dharker left the Times of India group to head India TV a business-cum-entertainment channel promoted by the Dalal Street Journal group which was then poised to take off.
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Anil Dharker was a regular participant on most news channels where his views were sought on political and social issues.
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Anil Dharker's columns appeared in The Asian Age, The Financial Chronicle, Deccan Chronicle, OnStage and The Huffington Post.
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Anil Dharker captained the Table Tennis teams of London University and Glasgow University and played for the Combined British University Table Tennis team.
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Anil Dharker played cricket, squash and badminton, representing his university in all sports.
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Anil Dharker was the recipient of the YMCA London's Sportman of the Year award.
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Anil Dharker was the Founder and Chairman of the Single Malt Club of Bombay.
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Anil Dharker was the Chairman of Citizens for Justice and Peace, a Mumbai-based NGO fighting for redressal in miscarriages of justice.
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Anil Dharker was an invited member of 100 Citizens of Bombay, a member of the Advisory Boards of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Doordarshan, the Children's Film Society of India and several film funds for production of films in India.
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Anil Dharker was the recipient of several awards for journalism.
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For several years Anil Dharker lived in Mumbai with the editor and journalist, Amy Fernandes.
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Anil Dharker had two sisters, the former Bharat Natyam dancer Minal Dharker and the writer Rani Dharker.
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Anil Dharker had one daughter, the actress Ayesha Dharker from an earlier marriage with the poet Imtiaz Dharker.
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Anil Dharker died after a brief illness on 26 March 2021.