Sagarika Ghose joined journalism 34 years ago in October 1991, when the field was male-dominated. This, of course, did not stop her from becoming a rock-star journalist and author. She was a prime-time news anchor on BBC World’s ‘Question Time India’ and at CNN IBN, where she became its deputy editor. She has won many awards for her journalism, including the ITA Best Anchor Award from the Indian Television Academy and the C.H. Mohammed Koya National Award. In 2014, The Rhodes Project included Ghose on its list of 13 famous women Rhodes Scholars. She is currently Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
In an interview with THE WEEK, she spoke about the challenges of women in media, how she reacted to vicious trolling, and how the field became more democratised with the advent of television.
