Hartosh Singh Bal is currently the political editor of ''
The Caravan
''The Caravan'' is an Indian English-language, long-form narrative journalism magazine covering politics and culture.
History
In 1940, Vishwa Nath launched ''Caravan'' as the first magazine from the Delhi Press; it went on to establish its ...
'' magazine
He is also an adjunct faculty member at Jindal School of Journalism & Communication at the
O. P. Jindal Global University
O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University), is a private university located at Sonipat in Haryana. It was established in 2009 as a philanthropic initiative of its founding chancellor, Naveen Jindal in memory of his fa ...
. He had been the political editor of
''OPEN'' magazine.
Education
Bal pursued his undergraduate education in Mechanical Engineering from
BITS Pilani
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a Deemed university in Pilani, Jhunjhunu, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. After expansion to a campus in Dubai, it has b ...
. He then went on to pursue an MS in mathematics from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, USA.
Career
In November 2013, Bal was controversially fired from his position of political editor of ''OPEN'' magazine. In an interview, ''OPENs former Editor
Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph (born 22 July 1974) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the former editor of ''Open'' magazine.
Life and career
Manu was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai. His father Joseph Madapally is a film maker who directe ...
revealed that the magazine's proprietor,
Sanjiv Goenka
Sanjiv Goenka (born 29 January 1961) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of RPSG Group and an early-stage investor. With a US$6 billion asset base and US$4.3 billion revenue, this multinational conglomerate is headquarter ...
, had told Joseph that Bal's views, expressed in his writings and in television appearances, were resulting in him "making a lot of... political enemies."
Books
Bal has co-written a novel called ''
A Certain Ambiguity'' which won the 2007
Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP lobbies for book, journal, and education publishers in the United States. AAP members include most of the major commercia ...
award for the best professional/scholarly book in
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
. His second book--"Waters close over us"—is part-travelogue and partly a sociological, political, artistic, historical, and anthropological commentary.
References
External links
Hartosh Singh Bal articles''OPEN'' magazine
Hartosh Singh Bal articles ''The Caravan''
Hartosh Singh Bal articles''Outlook Magazine''
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Indian editors
Indian columnists
Living people
Indian male journalists
Indian male novelists
20th-century Indian journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)