PREPARED BY

Khushbu.Dhrangdhriya
CONTENTS
 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.
• 2008 :
Career
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.