Karan Thapar
Karan Thapar | |
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Thapar in 2019 | |
| Born | 5 November 1955 |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge University (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford University (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, News presenter |
| Employer | The Wire |
| Notable credit(s) | Devil's Advocate India Tonight The Last Word Face to Face (BBC) Hardtalk India (BBC) To the Point |
| Father | Pran Nath Thapar |
| Relatives | Daya Ram Thapar (uncle) Romesh Thapar (cousin) Romila Thapar (cousin) |
Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil's Advocate and The Last Word. Some of the celebrities he has interviewed include Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Narendra Modi and Shah Rukh Khan. He was also associated with India Today, hosted the shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth and is doing an exclusive series of Interviews with The Wire on his show the Interview with Karan Thapar.