Aditya Sinha

Aditya Sinhau
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Author

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.[1] He started out as a crime reporter in Delhi.[2][3][4]

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.[5] His first work of fiction was "The CEO Who Lost His Head" published in 2017.[4][6]

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.[7]

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[8]

Co-Author

• India Unmade: How The Modi Government Broke The Economy. Co-authored with Yashwant Sinha. Juggernaut, 2018. ISBN 9789386228864
• The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace. Co-authored with A. S. Dulat and Asad Durrani. HarperCollins, India, 2018. ISBN 9789352779253
• Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years. Co-authored with A. S. Dulat. HarperCollins, India, 2016 ISBN 9789352640812

References

1. Hasan, Abid (26 December 2012). "Aditya Sinha quits as Editor-in-Chief of DNA". Exchange 4 Media. Retrieved 9 June 2020. He had also done reporting from Pakistan and was the only Indian reporter in Peshawar.
2. "Author Biographies, Harper Collins Publishers India, A.S. Dulat with Sinha". Harper Collins. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
3. Franko, Judy (14 April 2007). "Aditya Sinha appointed Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian Express". Exchange4media. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
4. Karishma, Kuenzang (12 March 2017). "Journalist Aditya Sinha's first fiction work revolves around a murder mystery". India Today. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
5. Sushant, Singh (2 June 2018). "True Lies and Spies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
6. Pal, Deepanjana (24 February 2017). "Aditya Sinha on his new book". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
7. "Aditya Sinha". LinkedIn.
8. Baweja, Harinder (31 December 1995). "Book review: Aditya Sinha's 'Farooq Abdullah: The Prodigal Son'". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-02.