Karan Thapar

Trivia

• In August 2009 he was adjudged the "News Show Host of the Year" by Indian News Broadcasting Awards.
• In April 2009 he was honored with the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award & was chosen the 'Journalist of the Year (Broadcast)'.
• In 2008 Devil's Advocate was conferred 'Best News/Current Affairs Show' by News Television Awards & Karan Thapar was presented the award for 'News Interviewer of the Year' by Indian News Broadcasting Awards.
• He won the 'Best Current Affairs Presenter' award yet again in 2007, this time for his much talked about interview with Ram Jethmalani on Devil's Advocate.
• In 2005 he won the 'Best Current Affairs Presenter' for the third time since 1999 for his interview with former Indian Law Minister and BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley on Hardtalk India.
• He received his second award for 'The Best Current Affairs Presenter' for his popular long-running BBC series Face to Face.
• His interview with Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Kasuri, on Court Martial won 'The Best Current Affairs Programme'.
• R.Prasanan criticised Thapar's interview with Gohar Ayub Khan for its hidden motives.
• Thapar evoked protests on the Internet by suggesting the "sudden removal" of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in an article in the Hindustan Times on 29 December 2007 titled "'Modification' of politics", which many interpreted as an unethical encouragement of unconventional and unsavoury action.
• His weekly column Sunday Sentiments in The Hindustan Times (the second largest English daily in India) is widely read and very well received.