Vikas Jha is an Indian journalist and author. He is best known for his fiction and non-fiction works like ''McCluskieganj: The story of the only Anglo-Indian Village in India'' which was awarded with the Katha UK Honour at the House of Commons,

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. He has also written: ''Varshavan ki Roopkatha'', a novel based on Agumbe village, ''Bihar: Criminalization of Politics'', ''Satta ke Sutradhar: Azadi ke baad Bharat'', ''Bhog: A novel'', and ''Parichaya Patra: Essays in Bengali''. Retrieved 2016-8-20 His upcoming novel is based on Bodhgaya named ''Gayasursandhan''. He is also working on his next book that is based on Goa.

Early life

Jha was born in village Shrikhandi Bhittha in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar in 1961. He studied M.A. in sociology at

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern er ...

and started his career in journalism in Bihar at the age of 18.

Journalism

He has worked with reputed publications like ''Maya'' magazine, ''Ravivaar'' and '' Outlook'' magazine. Jha covered various political, social and cultural issues in a span of 35 years in Hindi Journalism. He has been the editor of Hindi Magazine ''Rashtriya Prasang''.

Electronic media

Jha also anchored a few talk shows for ETV Bihar like ''Aamne Samne'', a talk show with figures from across political, social and cultural platforms, ''Suno Patliputra, Kya bole Bihar'' and a multiple news features and talk shows for news channel

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which he was heading in the year 2013–2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jha, Vikas Living people 1961 births Novelists from Bihar Patna University alumni Indian male novelists Indian male journalists People from Sitamarhi district 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian male writers