Full Name Tarun Tejpal Criminal status On Bail Criminal charge Sexual assault Known for Founder of Tehelka Spouse Geetan Batra (m. 1985) | Occupation Journalist Role Journalist Nationality Indian Name Tarun Tejpal | |
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Born 15 March 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-03-15 ) Jalandhar, Punjab, India Education Panjab University, Chandigarh Books The Alchemy of Desire, The Valley of Masks: A Novel, The Story of My Assassins: A Novel | ||
Children Tiya Tejpal, Cara Tejpal | ||
Tarun tejpal stepped down it s more than journalist asked for says tehelka
Tarun Tejpal (born 15 March 1963) is an Indian journalist, publisher, novelist and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine. In November 2013, he stepped down as editor for six months after a female colleague accused him of sexual assault. He was arrested on 30 November 2013 and is currently on bail.
Contents
- Tarun tejpal stepped down it s more than journalist asked for says tehelka
- Pseudo liberal tarun tejpal allowed to rape the newshour debate 9th june 2016
- Early life and career
- Sexual assault allegation
- Novels
- References
Pseudo liberal tarun tejpal allowed to rape the newshour debate 9th june 2016
Early life and career
Tejpal's father was in the Indian Army and because of this, he grew up in many parts of country. He graduated in economics from Panjab University in Chandigarh. Tejpal met Geetan Batra in 1984 while in college and married her in 1985; they have two daughters, Tiya and Cara.
He began his career in 1980s, with The Indian Express and he moved to New Delhi to join a now defunct magazine called India 2000. In 1984, he joined India Today magazine, then The Financial Express in 1994 and later helped found the rival publication, Outlook, where he worked for several years. Meanwhile he founded a publishing company, India Ink, which published Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize winning novel The God of Small Things in 1998.
He left Outlook in March 2000, to start tehelka.com, an online independent news and views magazine which soon came to be known for its sting investigations, mainly for Operation West End. The website was relaunched as a national weekly newspaper, Tehelka in January 2007, it became a weekly magazine.
In 2010, He was presented with Award for Excellence in Journalism by the International Press Institute's India Chapter Award In 2001 Business Week named him as amongst the 50 leaders at the forefront of change in Asia, later in 2009, the magazine named him amongst, "India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009". The Guardian included him in its list of "India's elite" for being a "Pioneer of a brand of sting journalism which has transformed Indian media" in 2006.
Sexual assault allegation
On 20 November 2013, Tehelka magazine informed its staff that Tejpal was stepping down as editor for six months, after a woman colleague alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by him. This received intense public attention and media scrutiny especially because Tejpal and his magazine had previously been involved in highlighting the issue of sexual violence in India, including in a special issue on the topic in February of the year. Police in the state of Goa, where the incident took place, have filed a First Information Report (FIR) which lists charges, including rape, against him. A non-bailable warrant was issued against him by the Goa Police. He was arrested by Goa police on 30 November 2013. On 1 July 2014, Supreme Court granted him bail and asked him to submit his passport to the court.
Novels
Tejpal's debut novel The Alchemy of Desire (2006), won Le Prix Mille Pages, it was followed by Story of my Assassins (2010). The Valley of Masks (2011) was longlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize 2011. The Alchemy of Desire got Tejpal nominated for the Bad Sex Award in Britain.