Vinod Mehta

Vinod Mehta was until February 1, 2012, the editor-in-chief of Outlook India. He is at present an advisor to the magazine.

Mehta was born in Rawalpindi, in Pakistan. His family fled to India when he was three. He attended La Martinere school in Lucknow and the university there. He has authored several books including the biographies of Sanjay Gandhi and Meena Kumari. He took over as editor-in-chief of Debonair (magazine) 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 (Delhi edition). He was also editor of The Indian Post.

Mehta lives in New Delhi. He is married to Sumita Paul, a journalist who has worked for the Pioneer and the Sunday Times of India. He has a daughter also from a foreigner girlfriend from this younger days. He said nobody, other than his wife, knew about the father bit until he wrote about it in his book. He said he spoke to his wife and she encouraged him to write about it.

Vinod Mehta is not an Indian citizen; he holds UK passport.

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