PREPARED BYKhushbu.Dhrangdhriya

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about M. J. Akbar

• Mobashar Jawed "M.J." Akbar.

• Born 11 January 1951.

• He is the Chairman of the fortnightly newsmagazine Covert magazine which he launched in May 2008.

• He is also the founder and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Asian Age.

Books • Acclaim for Blood

Brothers  • SHADE OF SWORDS• KASHMIR BEHIND THE

VALE• RIOT AFTER RIOT• NEHRU : THE MAKING OF

INDIA• INDIA: THE SIEGE WITHIN• BYLINE

Early life

• Akbar attended Calcutta Boys' School and later Presidency College, Calcutta where he attained a BA in English.

• His grandfather, Prayaag, was a Hindu.

• He was adopted by a childless Muslim couple and later converted to Islam to marry a Muslim girl.

Personal life

Akbar is married to Mallika Joseph, his contemporary at The Times of India.

They have two children, Prayaag and Mukulika.

Career• 1971 : Akbar joined The

Times of India in 1971 as a trainee. Within a few months moved to the The Illustrated Weekly of India.

• 1973 : The Free Press Journal Group in Mumbai.

• 1976 : Ananda Bazar Patrika Group.

• 1982: Conceived, designed and edited the daily newspaper, THE TELEGRAPH, which had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India.

Career 1989: Left journalism for a brief

stint in politics.

1991 : Lok Sabha elections. Akbar joined the Government as an advisor in the Ministry of Human Resources.

1992: Resigned from government, and left politics in December 1992 and returned to journalism and full time writing.

1993 : M J Akbar started a new media company.

Career• 1994:THE ASIAN

AGE newspaper appeared in February.

• 2004 : The group began publishing THE INTERNATIONAL HEARLD TRIBUNE in India, and became a publishing partner of THE NEW YORK TIMES.

• 2006 : Akbar Joined The Brookings Institution.

Career• 2008 : 1.M J Akbar was removed from The

Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle. 2.M J Akbar Launched a Fortnightly

Political Magazine named 'Covert' on 13 May 2008 in Delhi.

• 2009 : Ram Jethmalani JOINS COVERT MAGAZINE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER 2009

• 2010 : M J Akbar has launched a new Sunday newspaper in Delhi titled "The Sunday Guardian" from 31 January 2010.