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nShoma Chaudharynis a controversial, but very talented Indian journalist and reporter. She hasnworked with Tehelka and Catch News. She left Tehelka after Tarun Tejpal allegednsexual molestation attempt on a Tehelka reporter. She was kicked out of CatchnNews, which has, in fact, surprised many independent media watchers of India.nShe has also worked with many other reputed media organizations.
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nProfile of ShomanChaudhary
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nShoma was bornnas Suparana Chaudhary. It is not known why she changed her name after doingnschooling with the name Suparana.
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nShe completednher schooling education from Kolkata after which she took admission in LadynShri Ram College, The Delhi University for B.A – Hons.
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nShe had alwaysnbeen a prolific writer during her college days. On the basis of this skill, shengot job with Doordarshan where she was supposed to make features projects onnbooks and writers. She later joined The Pioneer where her job profile was anbook reviewer. Being a Left oriented person, she never loved to work with ThenPioneer, a Right Wing Newspaper. Soon, she left this organization to joinnOutlook and then India Today.
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nA shortninteraction with Tarun Tejpal convinced Shoma that she will enjoy working withnTehelka.
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nTehelka enjoyednpatronage during UPA regimes and here Shoma made contacts with lots ofnpoliticians.
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nHowever, inn2013, she failed to do one thing. She couldn’t take immediate action as thenManaging Editor of Tehelka when a fellow young reporter accused sexualnmolestation against none other than Tarun Tejpal.
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nThis case is onenof the biggest blots of Indian journalism history. The person and the entirengroup championing the cause of women’s rights got entangled in a sexualnmolestation case by none other than a reporter of the same group.
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nFacing lots ofncriticism, Shoma resigned from Tehelka. After a hiatus, Shoma joined Catch newsnas its Editor-in-Chief.
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nCatch News, annonline news website, is promoted by Rajasthan Patrika. However, it is not ablento get sufficient viewership among many other news websites launched recently,nlike FirstPost, Scroll.in, The News Minute, The Pint and Swarajmag, amongnothers.
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nRajasthannPatrika management took a decision of summarily removing Shoma Chaudhary.nHowever, that is not something you should treat a journalist.
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nHusband of ShomanChaudhary
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nThe exactnrelationship status of Shoma Chaudhary is not known. I don’t know whether shenis even married or still a single. I couldn’t find any relevant information onnthe Internet.
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