Vinod Mehta is the editor-in-chief of Outlook India.

Mehta was born in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

, in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. His family fled to India when he was three. He attended La Martinere school

La Martiniere Lucknow

La Martinière College is an educational institution located in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The college consists of two schools on different campuses for boys and girls. La Martinière Boys' College was founded in 1845 and La Martinière Girls' College was established...

 in Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

 and the university there. He has published three books, including a biography of Sanjay Gandhi

Sanjay Gandhi

Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. The younger son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, he was a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family...

. He took over as editor-in-chief of Debonair

Debonair

Debonair can refer to:* Debonair , a British airline which ceased operations in October 1999* Debonair , an Indian men's magazine* Debonair Magazine , a U.S...

 in 1974. Since then, he has founded and edited numerous publications. He is the founder-editor of India's first Sunday paper, The Sunday Observer, the founder editor of the now defunct Bombay daily, The Independent, and the founder-editor of The Pioneer

The Pioneer

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 (Delhi edition). He was also editor of The Indian Post.

Mehta is now the editor of Outlook Magazine. He is greatly respected for his unbiased views on Indian Politics. Mr. Mehta is a popular face in Indian TV News channels like Times Now and NDTV.

Mehta wrote and presented “Letters from India” for the BBC

BBC

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. His first book, "Bombay: A Private View," an account of life in Bombay, was self-published.

Mehta lives in New Delhi

New Delhi

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. He is married to Sumita Paul, a journalist who has worked for the Pioneer and the Sunday Times of India.

Major works

• Bombay: A Private View
• The Sanjay Story
• Meena Kumari (1972)
• Mr Editor, how close are you to the PM?
• Lucknow Boy: A Memoir