Background
Mehta was born on 31 May 1942 in Rawalpindi, in Punjab, British India. He grew up as an army boy in Lucknow, an experience that turned him into an determined secularist.
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Lucknow Boy: A Memoir
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Sharp, insightful, shocking, delightful. In this sparkling memoir, vinod mehta, india's most independent, principled and irreverent editor finally tells his own story. With its ring side view of some major events of our times and masterly portraits from the worlds of politics, business, films and the media, this unputdownable book brims over with wit, wisdom, scandal and gossip.selling points'this autobiography is more readable than that of any other indian' khushwant singh.'vinod mehta is an engaging raconteur, full of a fund of well-told remembrances recounted with bounding good humor' mani shankar aiyar.'a charming memoir' ramachandra guha
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Lucknow Boy: A Memoir by Vinod Mehta (2011-12-31)
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editor unplugged: media, magnates, netas & me
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Vinod mehta's new book takes forward the story of lucknow boy, recounting his experiences in the corridors of power in delhi. His views on narendra modi, arvind kejriwal and the nehru-gandhi dynasty and his decoding of coalition politics and the significant changes ushered in by the 2014 lok sabha elections, are expressed with his characteristic sharp insights, wit and wisdom. So too are his analyses of the sweeping changes taking place in the print and tv media and his pen portraits of personalities such as ratan tata, niira radia, khushwant singh, sachin tendulkar and arundhati roy. Other chapters examine the lack of humour in our political life, the changing aspirations of the indian middle class and the mistakes and regrets of his life. Peppered with anecdotes and gossip, every page of this honest, lively and irreverent book is both illuminating and entertaining.
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(The Sanjay Story : From Anand Bhavan to Amethi * * ) Author: Vinod Mehta Jan-2012
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The Sanjay Story: From Anand Bhavan to Amethi
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How did a nation of over 600 million people bow down to the whims and fancies of a Prime Minister s pampered son? In this carefully researched book, Vinod Mehta makes the first complete appraisal of the Sanjay Gandhi phenomenon and its impact on the national scene. It begins at Anand Bhavan, the Nehru mansion in Allahabad, and Feroze Gandhi s relationship with the Nehrus particularly Kamala and Indira. This gives the background to an understanding of Sanjay s volatile personality as it developed through his early years and his obsession with cars that led to the establishment of the Maruti factory. Writing in a style that is both compelling and honest, Vinod Mehta sifts the facts from the rumours and gets to the core of Sanjay s dramatic emergence after the declaration of the Emergency. His capturing of the Youth Congress and the excesses of the sterilization campaign (which he thought would ensure his place in history) are brought out in telling detail, as is the use of the media to build the cult of Sanjay. With a new introduction, The Sanjay Story allows readers to look with the benefit of hindsight on the rise and fall of one of independent India s most controversial figures. What emerges from the text is not only an understanding of Sanjay and his times, but an understanding of India s current political scenario. Vinod Mehta confirms the truth of history writing that to engage intelligently with the present, you must come to terms with the past, even a past as inglorious and bewildering as the Emergency.
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Vinod Mehta
Edit ProfileEducation
He attended Louisiana Martinere school and the university there.
Career
He was also the author of several books His family became refugess in 1945. Mehta lived in New Delhi.
Mehta died of multi-organ failure in New Delhi on 8 March 2015, after a prolonged illness.
Leaving home with a third-class Bachelor degree, Mehta experimented with a string of jobs, including that of a factory-hand in suburban Britain, before accepting an offer to edit Debonair in 1974, a men"s magazine. Mehta became one of India"s most influential editors by launching a number of successful publications such as the Sunday Observer in 1981, The Indian Post in 1987, The Independent in 1989, The Pioneer (Delhi edition) in 1990 and, finally, Outlook in 1995.
He was editorial chairman of the Outlook Group. Mehta was forced to resign from the editorship of The Independent newspaper in 1989, 29 days after launching it, because of a story based on a dubious RAW report, calling the Maharashtrian politician Y. B. Chavan a spy, which Mehta ran with an eight-column banner headline.
Vinod Mehta has authored a biography of Meena Kumari and Sanjay Gandhi, and published (in 2001) a collection of his articles under the title Mr Editor, How Close Are You to the Prime Minister? His memoir, Lucknow Boy, was published in 2011.
Mehta was a television panellist and frequently appeared on television shows like Newshour on Times Now and India at 9 at Cable News Network-IBN. He was called upon by news anchors as a senior journalist and was sought after for his analysis of major issues and scenarios. He remained editor-in-chief of Outlook till February 2012. He was president of the Editors Guild of India and was, briefly, the writer and presenter of "Letter from India" on the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4.
On 9 February 2015 he was awarded the Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for his work in the field of journalism.
In 2012 the Indian Express attempted to sue Mehta for defamation after he had hinted that a story it had run was planted. In her column in The Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, who worked under Mehta for many years, said
As an editor Vinod Mehta never pulled rank, giving correspondents a free hand if he felt they had a valid story to tell, no matter the consequences..He had an unconventional approach towards editing newspapers, brimming with ideas he was shorn of any pomposity.
Achievements
Works
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The Sanjay Story: From Anand Bhavan to Amethi
(How did a nation of over 600 million people bow down to t...)
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editor unplugged: media, magnates, netas & me
(Vinod mehta's new book takes forward the story of lucknow...)
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Penguin Books Ltd Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas And Me
(Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me by Vinod ...)
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Lucknow Boy: A Memoir
(Sharp, insightful, shocking, delightful. In this sparklin...)
- The Sanjay Story From Anand Bhavan to Amethi
- Lucknow Boy: A Memoir by Vinod Mehta (2011-12-31)
- (The Sanjay Story : From Anand Bhavan to Amethi * * ) Author: Vinod Mehta Jan-2012
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The Sanjay Story: From Anand Bhavan to Amethi
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Indian