Career
Ghose received her bachelor's degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. A recipient in 1987 of the Rhodes Scholarship, she has a Bachelor's in Modern History from Magdalen College and an M.Phil. from St Antony's College, Oxford. She is the author of two novels, The Gin Drinkers'' published in 1998 and "Blind Faith worldwide in 2004. The Gin Drinkers was also published in the Netherlands. Ghose is a popular columnist and blogger and has written a column Bloody Mary on current political and social issues for the last decade for the Hindustan Times. Her blog on the website ibnlive.com has the same title. Earlier she had an editorial column in The Indian Express newspaper. In 2004 she became the first women to host Question Time India.
Ghose has served as a member on the News Broadcasters Association, India's watchdog body for the electronic news media. Her liberal stance in her reportage, writings and broadcasts has earned her popularity but also criticism from Rightwing viewers. Ghose coined the term "Internet Hindus" to describe nationalist Hindus active on the web, a term that has now entered the lexicon of public discussion. BBC News reported that Ghose is among the liberal women activists and journalists in India who have been attacked by rightwing political forces on social media platforms like Twitter.
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