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Barkha Dutt is an Indian TV journalist and columnist. She is currently Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television.

Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor. She writes a popular column for The Hindustan Times, called Third Eye. However, she has also come in for criticism that her reporting is sensationalist and melodramatic.