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Richa Lakhera

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  • Deputy Editor and Anchor, NDTV
Mumbai
As seen in: NDTV, The Hindu, Business Standard, Dawn, Scroll.in, Deccan Chronicle, The Hans India, newKerala, She The People
Covers:  Entertainment, Bollywood, Fashion, City news
Doesn't Cover: Politics
JOURNALIST. 9 BOOKS. SCREEN WRITER. HUNGRY GODS, CONTAMINATION, HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, GARBAGE BEAT, ITEM GIRL. @HarperCollinsIN Ex Dep EDITOR @NDTV @Rupa_Books

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Richa Lakhera’s Biography

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Screenwriter, TV journalist (NDTV), and best selling Author, Richa Lakhera brings a richly diverse experience as a bilingual Mass Media communications expert. Apart from currently screenwriting several big ticket Bollywood projects, she is the author of nine books, including bestsellers crime fiction 'Hungry Gods' (Rupa) & 'Item Girl' (Rupa), 'Garbage Beat' (Harper Collins) & the latest militia-horror 'Contamination' (Om).

Her new novel, a gangster noir, 'History of Violence' (Om) will be publi…

Richa Lakhera’s Journalist Portfolio

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An exploitative eco-system

An exploitative eco-system

Journalist Richa Lakhera's third book, Hungry Gods has been inspired by her work in the media. The book has a…

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Sleaze, drugs and death: A cautionary parable (Book Review)

Sleaze, drugs and death: A cautionary parable (Book Review)

Title: Hungry Gods; Author: Richa Lakhera; Publisher: Rupa Publications India; Pages: 205; Price: Rs 295 What…

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SUNDAY HANS, SUNDAY HANS : readwhere

SUNDAY HANS, SUNDAY HANS : readwhere

SUNDAY HANS

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Richa Lakhera Author | Deccan Chronicle

Richa Lakhera Author | Deccan Chronicle

Richa Lakhera author

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Sleaze, drugs and death: A cautionary parable (Book Review)

Sleaze, drugs and death: A cautionary parable (Book Review)

India Literature News: Sleaze, drugs and death: A cautionary parable (Book Review) - Title: Hungry Gods; Auth…

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Karachi Literature Festival: Mixed feelings

Karachi Literature Festival: Mixed feelings

Looking back at the fourth edition of the Karachi Literature Festival after a week, when the dust has settled…

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Articles

New in horror: In an apocalyptic battle between good and evil, a young girl fights for her causes

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| Scroll.in Verified
The search patrol walked in blood frozen solid. The cold was a knife pressed permanently to the cheek, a constant reminder that the bleak lands of Hori were first inhabited by the tribes who had to eat each other to stay alive in winter. The season had been uncharacteristically long and dark and there was something mythical about its slow progression from snow to thaw to snow again, to mud and misery to sickness, as if, in living through it, they were passing through many ages.
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This book presents a spine-chilling journey into the realm of supernatural and horror

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| The Dispatch.
The book “Contamination” by Richa Lakhera is a departure from the divorced-from-reality supernatural story template of a fantasy novel. The action scenes, in keeping with the best of the genre, throb with life and excitement. Contamination is a realm of supernatural powers in a contemporary setting with mythological creatures, dark forces and their phantasmic-Astras (weapons). It pits  modern evil against ancient powers.
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Contamination Explores Strained relationships And Power Play Between Gender

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| She The People
Contamination by Richa Lakhera is a tale of the supernatural and horror with a female combatant set in the current times. Am excerpt: The grenades were packed with nuts and bolts. Not expected to necessarily bring down structures, but rip open and kill all soft skin targets, which meant animals and humans. Amba held her hand up and motioned the squad to stop. “God help us!” exclaimed Solon. “We must leave them. We must go back,” appealed Kunta, his legs ready to dodge any quick-flung missile.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

at Sahara India TV

Why did you become a journalist?

To meet interesting people, to get to know their stories and to convey the true picture to the audience.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

yes. wrote articles!

Awards

Indian Council for UN Relations (ICUNR) Award for Excellence in Journalism

2016 - Excellence in Journalism ( Entertainment)

Richa Lakhera is the recipient of the Indian Council for UN Relations (ICUNR) Award for Excellence in Journalism awarded in International Women's Day

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