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Currently freelancing as an independent newsanchor for NewsX, writing on art and
design for Tehelka, OPEN, Art & Deal, Femina, etc. Also curate art shows with India's top
galleries on news worthy issues like global conflicts, racism, environment . And
involved in editing a coffee table book on the history of Indian art.
PAST
EXPERIENCE
Associated with CNN IBN, Bloomberg TV, DD News, Headlines Today and
Reuters in the past as anchor, reporter and producer. I have been invited to
give lectures on journalism and arts in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia with my
TV shows given a special screening in universities there.
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
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As news anchor - General
Elections of India 2009, the military offensive in Sri Lanka, Pakistan's war on
terror, Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, the alleged racist attacks in
Australia, etc.
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As main news journalist- special reports and interviews with 2011 Nobel Laureate from Yemen, Tawakkol Karman, social activist
Neelam Katara and Raj Kachroo, apart from various politicians,
environmentalists, scientists, etc.
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As arts and design journalist - Exclusive interviews with artists like MF Husain, Anish
Kapoor, Subodh Gupta, Marcel Wanders, Fabio Novembre, etc. A special show with
MF Husain in Dubai.
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As art curator - A well received show with Australian and Indian artists addressing the
issue of racism. Currently curating a show with international artists on global
conflicts.
WORK
HISTORY
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Freelancing as anchor, writer, curator and
guest lecturer (2010 - Present)
- At CNN IBN, as senior news anchor
and arts correspondent (2005-2010)
- At
DD News as anchor-producer (2005)
- At Headlines Today as
Assistant Producer (2004)
- Freelanced
with DD India and DD Sports as anchor, script-writer and voice-over
artist (2004)
- At
Reuters/Asian News International (ANI) as reporter, anchor and
producer (2002 - 2003)
- Scripted
and presented shows for All India Radio's General Overseas Service (2001)
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| Artfully Fortified |
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| Sangeeta Juneja had to take the Rajasthan State Govt to court for not allowing her contemporary art gallery, Art Chill, to run inside the Amer Fort, Jaipur. She came out a winner! Sahar Zaman speaks to her for FEMINA. |
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| Is India Ready For The Design Industry? |
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| The design fair 'ID2013' had about 60 well established home decor brands from across the world. Sahar Zaman finds out if India is ready for the design industry.(for TEHELKA) |
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| Interview with Nobel Peace Laureate 2011, Tawakkol Karman |
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| The various epithets that surround her include 'Iron Woman' and the 'Mother of the Arab Spring' for her role in the Yemen uprising.(for TEHELKA magazine) |
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| Towards a Museum of Innocence |
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| Sahar Zaman speaks to thespian and art connoisseur Ebrahim Alkazi on his latest love, a museum of his private art collection in the heart of the Capital. (for The Art & Deal) |
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| The Dark Horse at MoMA |
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| Museum of Modern Art's newest find, artist Shambhavi Singh is charting a quiet and spectacular journey across the contemporary Indian art scene, finds Sahar Zaman (for TEHELKA) |
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| An Osian of Debt |
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| Neville Tuli speaks to Sahar Zaman on the difficulty of raising Rs 10 lakh in cash while Osian’s had Rs 1,000 crore in assets, and the bad press that he gets. for OPEN) |
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| Clouds and Multiple Perspectives |
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| Jehangir Sabavala will be remembered for bringing Cubism to Indian art, says Sahar Zaman (for OPEN) |
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| Palette Politic |
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| Artist Shuvaprasanna on why it’s not yet time to paint Mamata, the lies of Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, and managing passenger amenities for the Railways |
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| 'My life is like my red Ferrari!' |
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| MF Husain embraced every odd turn in life with the same passion that he had when driving his Ferrari. He told me, "My life is like my red Ferrari!", the best possible epitaph for him.(for The Friday Times) |
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| Tribute to artist MF Husain |
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| What struck me most about his personality was his zest for life. For someone who reached the zenith of his career decades ago, Husain never cared about resting on his laurels.(for The Hindustan Times) |
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| Hans Ulrich Obrist on India's Rising Art Scene |
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| Sahar Zaman speaks to the world's best known curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist about the Indian art scene & international significance. The interview appeared as the top story at 'Artinfo.com'. |
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| Question of Reconciliation |
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| Australian and Indian artists, baffled by attacks on Indians down under, explore how the two countries treat each other and their minorities. Sahar Zaman writes for the news weekly, OPEN. |
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| An interview with Anish Kapoor on his debut show in India |
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| Getting Anish Kapoor's works to India has been a struggle because of the costs involved and the lack of display space. But it has finally happened after 10 years of being in the pipeline. Sahar Zaman speaks to the artist. |
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| Priceless Art? Turn Right at Noida |
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| Being India's biggest collector doesn't mean hoarding art selfishly. SAHAR ZAMAN gets a sneak peek of Kiran Nadar's new museum (for TEHELKA) |
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| Restoration and Preservation under Arc Lamps |
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| I always talk a lot about how well the camera captures an art work but this week I want to pay art restorers my long-due respect. They have an 'eye' that even my camera fails to match up to!! |
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| The Moving Art of Pakistan |
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| This time My TV & My Art took me to Pakistan, our neighbour, which is a lot like us but seems exotic to many mainly because of inaccessibility or its 'difficult to get a visa' factor. It was for a recce on 'truck art' for a s... |
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| 'The Taj' in Delhi via France |
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| The Mumbai attacks have taken up every possible space around us and understandably so. Our TV space, cyber space, mind space, dinner-table space and SMS space. Every public person worth his or her salt is out with an opinion ... |
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| My TV, My Art |
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| The funniest part about my shoot with MF Husain was when he started talking about his 'young' days. That had us fervently looking for his pictures of 'youth' so that we could match the visuals with his comments. |
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| When Sonia Amma Came... |
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| I'm sure she needs her privacy. Can you imagine how the difficult it is for her to have some peace and quiet, hounded as she is like a rockstar? A silent walkabout in a gallery, which is what most of us do around art, can be ... |
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| Colours of an Election |
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| One usually doesn't use 'art' and 'elections' in the same breath. But hey, it's the 21st century. And innovation is in. So we made Anjolie Ela Menon our next PM, asked Raghu Rai to travel back in time to the Indira years and ... |
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| View From The Mountain Lion |
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| The newsroom, unfortunately, fills up your mind with just the immediate. As a bona fide victim of the newsroom the only image of Sri Lanka I had in my mind were television glimpses of its three-decade war and its recent drama... |
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| Soundbytes from Australia |
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| "I often visited India in my mind, and when I finally had a chance to go there, it reminded me of all my influences in life", veteran light artist Roger Foley Fogg
"India is the mother of the world!", prominent Pop artist ... |
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