Aditya Sinha

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| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Journalist, Author

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Aditya Sinha is an Indian author and journalist. His last assignment was as the Editor-in-Chief of the Deccan Chronicle, based in Hyderabad, which also publishes the Asian Age in Delhi. He has been a journalist since 1987, occupying positions such as Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian Express and DNA. He has reported on terrorism in Punjab, Kashmir and Assam and has also done reporting from Peshawar, Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/aditya-sinha-quits-as-editor-in-chief-of-dna-49214.html|title=Aditya Sinha quits as Editor-in-Chief of DNA|work=Exchange 4 Media|date=26 December 2012|accessdate=9 June 2020|quote=He had also done reporting from Pakistan and was the only Indian reporter in Peshawar.|first=Abid|last=Hasan}} He started out as a crime reporter in Delhi.{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/a-s-with-sinha-dulat/|title=Author Biographies, Harper Collins Publishers India, A.S. Dulat with Sinha|website=Harper Collins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302193142/https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/a-s-with-sinha-dulat/|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/aditya-sinha-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-the-new-indian-express-25665.html|title=Aditya Sinha appointed Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian Express|last=Franko|first=Judy|date=14 April 2007|website=Exchange4media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302194217/https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/aditya-sinha-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-the-new-indian-express-25665.html|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/the-ceo-who-lost-his-head-book-review-aditya-sinha-fiction-lifest-965268-2017-03-12|title=Journalist Aditya Sinha's first fiction work revolves around a murder mystery|last=Karishma|first=Kuenzang|date=12 March 2017|website=India Today|access-date=2019-03-02}}

Aditya Sinha has authored three books and co-authored three books. Among the books he has co-authored, includes "The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace", co-authored with a former R&AW chief, AS Dulat, and ISI chief, Asad Durrani.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/true-lies-and-spies-the-spy-chronicles-raw-isi-and-the-illusion-of-peace-book-review-as-dulat-aditya-sinha-asad-durrani-5200773/|title=True Lies and Spies|last=Sushant|first=Singh|date=2 June 2018|website=The Indian Express|access-date=2019-03-02}} His first work of fiction was "The CEO Who Lost His Head" published in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/02/24/nl-interviews-aditya-sinha-on-his-new-book-the-ceo-who-lost-his-head/|title=Aditya Sinha on his new book|last=Pal|first=Deepanjana|date=24 February 2017|website=Newslaundry|access-date=2020-06-03}}

Personal life

Aditya Sinha was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He grew up in New York City, attending Stuyvesant High School. He has a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University (1985), an MA from the School of Oriental Studies (SOAS) (1986) and an MA from Delhi University (2000). He lives in Hyderabad.{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sinha-8940728/?originalSubdomain=in |title=Aditya Sinha |website=LinkedIn}}

Books

= Author =

  • The CEO Who Lost His Head. Pan Macmillan, 2017. {{ISBN|9781509859368|}}
  • Death of Dreams: A Terrorist's Tale (2000). {{Isbn|9788172233907|}}
  • Farooq Abdullah: Kashmir's Prodigal Son - A Biography. UBS Publishers' Distributors, 1996. {{Isbn|9788174760722|}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19951231-book-review-aditya-sinha-farooq-abdullah-prodigal-son-808099-1995-12-31|title=Book review: Aditya Sinha's 'Farooq Abdullah: The Prodigal Son'|last=Baweja|first=Harinder|date=31 December 1995|website=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302195656/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19951231-book-review-aditya-sinha-farooq-abdullah-prodigal-son-808099-1995-12-31|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-02}}

= Co-Author =

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