Aniruddha Bahal is the founder and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost.com – an Indian news website.[1] Prior to founding Cobrapost, he co-founded Tehelka.[1][2]
Bahal was born in Allahabad and is a university graduate. He moved to Delhi in 1991 where he began his journalistic career by writing and editing some articles at the Outlook and the India Today.[3] In 1999, he co-founded Tehelka.com – a news website, with Tarun Tejpal and another colleague from the Outlook after "an investor with deep pockets" agreed to underwrite their startup, according to the Independent.[3]
In 2003, Bahal wrote an espionage thriller Bunker 13.[2] Its "hipster-slang-spitting antihero", states an article on Bahal in the UK-based newspaper the Independent, "shoots smack, snorts speed, runs guns, administers date-rape drugs" and a scene therein went on to win the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award.[3][4]
In 2005, Bahal founded and became the editor-in-chief of the online news magazine Cobrapost.com. It is particularly known for its undercover sting operations.[1]
In 2008, he started hosting The Tony B Show for Channel V.[3][5][2]
Bibliography
- Crack in the Mirror (1991)
- Bunker 13 (2003)
- The Emissary (2010)
- The Adventures of Rhea: The Cobrapost Affair (2015)
References
- ^ a b c Usha M. Rodrigues; Maya Ranganathan (2014). Indian News Media: From Observer to Participant. SAGE Publications. pp. 88 note 10. ISBN 978-93-5150-158-9.
- ^ a b c Reddy, Sheela (9 June 2003). "10 Questions Aniruddha Bahal". Outlook. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d Zaitchik, Alexander (19 November 2006). "Aniruddha Bahal: The King of Sting". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Bad sex writer laughs at victory". BBC. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Caught on camera". Indian Express. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.