Anita Pratap

Anita Pratap
Born (1958-12-23) 23 December 1958 (age 65)
Kottayam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
Spouse(s)Pratap Chandran (divorced)
Arne Roy Walther (1999–present)
ChildrenZubin (son)
Websitewww.anitapratap.com

Anita Pratap is an expatriate Indian writer and journalist.[1][2][3] In 1983, she was the first journalist who interviewed LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran. She won the George Polk award for TV reporting for her television journalism related to the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban.[1] She was India bureau chief for CNN.[4][5] She has written the book Island of Blood based on Sri Lanka.[1] In 2013 she was presented with the Shriratna award by the Kerala Kala Kendram an organisation associated to the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.[6] She was nominated as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Ernakulam, Kerala, for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

  1. ^ a b c Balakrishnan, Suneetha (6 March 2013). "Together we rise". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ Graham P. Chapman (2012). The Geopolitics of South Asia (Epub) from Early Empires to the Nuclear Age. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-4094-8807-1.
  3. ^ Postcolonial Insecurities: India, Sri Lanka and the Question of Nationhood. University of Minnesota Press. 1999. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-8166-3329-6.
  4. ^ Menon, Bindu (22 November 1999). "Just married: Former CNN bureau chief in New Delhi Anita Pratap weds Norwegian envoy Arne Walther". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  5. ^ T. P. Sreenivasan (2008). Words, Words, Words: Adventures in Diplomacy. Pearson Education India. p. 202. ISBN 978-81-317-0405-9.
  6. ^ "Shreeratna global award for Anita Pratap". IBN Live. Thiruvananthapuram. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.