Barkha Dutt (born on December 18, 1971 is an Indian TV journalist and columnist. She is currently Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television. Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards. She writes a column for The Hindustan Times, called 'Third Eye.' However, she has also come in for criticism that her reporting is sensationalist and melodramatic.Barkha Dutt was born in New Delhi to her father, S.P.Dutt, an official in Air India and Prabha Dutt who was a well-known journalist with the Hindustan Times. Barkha studied at Modern School, Delhi, graduated from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi with a degree in English Literature. She won a Padmashri for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami and Commonwealth Broadcasters Award for Journalist of the Year.
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