Karan Thapar was born on 5 November 1955 and is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire.
12 Facts About Karan Thapar
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Karan Thapar was associated with India Today, hosted the shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth and is doing an exclusive series of Interviews with The Wire on his show Access Journalism.
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Karan Thapar is the youngest child of former Chief of the Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar and Bimla Thapar.
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Karan Thapar is related distantly to the family of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Karan Thapar is an alumnus of The Doon School in Dehradun and the Stowe School in England.
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Karan Thapar graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1977.
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Karan Thapar subsequently obtained a doctorate in International Relations from St Antony's College, Oxford.
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Karan Thapar began his career in journalism with The Times in Lagos, Nigeria and later worked as their Lead Writer on the Indian subcontinent till 1981.
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Karan Thapar moved to India in 1991 and worked with The Hindustan Times Television Group, Home TV and United Television before setting up his own production house in August 2001, Infotainment Television, which makes programmes for amongst others BBC, Miroshka, Doordarshan and Channel News Asia.
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Karan Thapar is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities.
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In 2004, Thapar famously interviewed late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa.
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In 2007, Karan Thapar famously interviewed current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.