The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 29th, 2005
Byline: MOLLY WATSON
Exposing government corruption in his native India resulted in death threats and debt for crusading journalist Tarun Tejpal. But he fought back by writing a lyrical novel, described by Nobel prize-winner VS Naipaul as 'brilliantly original', and now he's a national hero.
When Tarun Tejpal set up an online newspaper and called it Tehelka, the Hindi for 'creating a sensation', he wasn't kidding.
Tejpal is now a household name in India, where he has spearheaded a brand of investigative journalism never before seen in Asia, and he is frequently named among the top 50 most...
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