Samar Halarnkar
Samar Halarnkar was editor of IndiaSpend.com.[1] He also contributes to Mint, the business newspaper from Hindustan Times group.
Samar Halarnkar | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Title | Editor, IndiaSpend.com |
| Spouse(s) | Priya Ramani |
Early life and Career
Samar Halarnkar was born in north Karnataka. He has an M.A degree from University of Missouri, U.S.. He started his career in print media in the year 1990 with The Times of India, Bangalore as a crime reporter.
In 2002, Samar when working with The Indian Express daily wrote extensively on lending given by public sector banks to big industrialists such as Wipro, Tata and Mahindra & Mahindra. Before joining Hindustan Times, he was resident editor, The Indian Express. Prior to Express, he has worked for other media houses like the India Today Group. He joined the Hindustan Times as editor, national investigations, in Mumbai in May 2006.
Samar Halarnkar writes on a variety of topics including poverty, social issues and economic issue. He also writes on food and cooking in his blog titled 'Our Daily Bread'.
In 2012 he was accused of plagiarising the work of Frances Moore Lappé for a part of one of his articles leading to mixed reactions from the journalistic community in India.[2][3][4]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Madhu Trehan & Team. "All Facts,No Conjecture". Newslaundry. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- "Ranjona Banerji: So is Samar Halarnkar unfairly accused of plagiarism?". MXMIndia.com. 13 September 2012.
- Sharma, Mihir (20 January 2013). "Mihir S Sharma: The season of plagiarism - How the world's definition of plagiarism is changing -- but India's ethics are not". Business Standard. Retrieved 15 December 2019.