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PREPARED BYKhushbu.Dhrangdhriya
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CONTENTS
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about M. J. Akbar
• Mobashar Jawed "M.J." Akbar.
• Born 11 January 1951.
• He is the Chairman of the fortnightly newsmagazine Covert magazine which he launched in May 2008.
• He is also the founder and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Asian Age.
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Books • Acclaim for Blood
Brothers • SHADE OF SWORDS• KASHMIR BEHIND THE
VALE• RIOT AFTER RIOT• NEHRU : THE MAKING OF
INDIA• INDIA: THE SIEGE WITHIN• BYLINE
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Early life
• Akbar attended Calcutta Boys' School and later Presidency College, Calcutta where he attained a BA in English.
• His grandfather, Prayaag, was a Hindu.
• He was adopted by a childless Muslim couple and later converted to Islam to marry a Muslim girl.
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Personal life
Akbar is married to Mallika Joseph, his contemporary at The Times of India.
They have two children, Prayaag and Mukulika.
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Career• 1971 : Akbar joined The
Times of India in 1971 as a trainee. Within a few months moved to the The Illustrated Weekly of India.
• 1973 : The Free Press Journal Group in Mumbai.
• 1976 : Ananda Bazar Patrika Group.
• 1982: Conceived, designed and edited the daily newspaper, THE TELEGRAPH, which had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India.
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Career 1989: Left journalism for a brief
stint in politics.
1991 : Lok Sabha elections. Akbar joined the Government as an advisor in the Ministry of Human Resources.
1992: Resigned from government, and left politics in December 1992 and returned to journalism and full time writing.
1993 : M J Akbar started a new media company.
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Career• 1994:THE ASIAN
AGE newspaper appeared in February.
• 2004 : The group began publishing THE INTERNATIONAL HEARLD TRIBUNE in India, and became a publishing partner of THE NEW YORK TIMES.
• 2006 : Akbar Joined The Brookings Institution.
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Career• 2008 : 1.M J Akbar was removed from The
Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle. 2.M J Akbar Launched a Fortnightly
Political Magazine named 'Covert' on 13 May 2008 in Delhi.
• 2009 : Ram Jethmalani JOINS COVERT MAGAZINE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER 2009
• 2010 : M J Akbar has launched a new Sunday newspaper in Delhi titled "The Sunday Guardian" from 31 January 2010.
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