Nikhil Wagle

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Nikhil Wagle
निखिल वागळे
Born (1959-04-23) 23 April 1959 (age 65)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, editor
Years active1977–2023
SpouseMeena Karnik
Children1 (daughter)

Nikhil Wagle (born 23 April 1959) is an Indian journalist, columnist and author from Maharashtra. [1] [2]

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Career

Nikhil Wagle started his media career in 1977 as a freelance reporter. He later joined Dinank, a Marathi newsweekly, in Mumbai. In 1979, when the editor of Dinank resigned, the publisher asked 19-year-old Wagle to become the managing editor. Wagle later became the editor-in-chief of Dinank. Subsequently, he went to Pune, and joined Kirloskar Group, which owned a couple of magazines at that time. However, within one month, he quit his new job and came back to Mumbai. [3]

In 1982, he started his own publishing house and started a new magazine called Akshar. In 1983, he started a sports magazine Shatkar with Sandeep Patil as editor. In 1985, he started a film magazine Chanderi, which was first edited by Rohini Hattangadi and then by Gautam Rajadhyaksha. He also published some Gujarati language magazines. [3]

In 1990, he established the Marathi and Hindi newspaper Mahanagar . [3] He also served as the editor of the Marathi version of the newspaper (Aapla Mahanagar). He became a noted critic of the political party Shiv Sena and its chief Bal Thackeray. For this reason, his office was attacked by the party's supporters' multiple times, beginning in 1991. [4]

In 1994, he criticized the Maharashtra legislators for paying fawning tributes to a deceased MLA accused of having criminal connections. When he refused to apologize to the legislators for the critical comments, he was imprisoned for a week. [2] In August 2004, the Shiv Sena supporters beat him up and blackened his face with engine oil for being critical of the party leader Narayan Rane (who later joined Indian National Congress). [4]

Wagle also brought out more than 80 books in the capacity of a publisher.

TV

Wagle started anchoring in 1989. After doing shows for Doordarshan, he turned a socio-political commentator and worked in Various private channels. He was also the anchor of the talk show Amne Samne.

In mid-2000s, Wagle joined the Network 18 group. He became the editor-in-chief of IBN Lokmat, a Marathi news channel. He hosted the show Aajcha Sawal. He resigned in July 2014. [5] He received the Sanskriti Award as a member of the IBN-Lokmat editorial team.[ citation needed ]

Soon after leaving IBN-Lokmat Wagle joined Maharashtra 1 new channel as the editor in chief. Many coworkers of Wagle left the network with him to join Maharashtra1 news channel.[ citation needed ] He carried his Marathi talk show Aajacha Sawal to Maaharashtra 1. In November 2016, he resigned from Maharashtra1. [6]

From 1 May 2017, Wagle started a talk show "Sadetod" on TV9 Marathi news channel. The news channel dropped the show abruptly on July 20, 2017, as Twitted and confirmed by Nikhil. [7]

Attack on Wagle

On February 09, 2024, Nikhil Wagle's Car was Attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party's Workers with the chants of Jai Shri Ram's slogans [8] for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lal Krishna Advani. [9]

Personal

Nikhil Wagle is married to Meena Karnik, who is also a journalist [10] and media cell convener of Aam Aadmi Party [11] He is an atheist. [12]

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  1. ↑ "Indian of the year, 2001 - editorial team". Network 18. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 Asha Kasbekar (2006). Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, And Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 124. ISBN   978-1-85109-636-7 . Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 From the Archive: Nikhil Wagle and his Fearless Journalism
  4. 1 2 Katakam, Anupama. "Targeting journalists". Frontline (Volume 21 - Issue 19, Sept. 11 - 24, 2004). The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Nikhil Wagle quits IBN Lokmat
  6. ↑ "Nikhil Wagle exits 'Maharashtra One'". 21 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Wagle, Nikhil [@waglenikhil] (20 July 2017). "आजपासून माझा 'सडेतोड' हा कार्यक्रम TV9 वर होणार नाही. चॅनेलने तडकाफडकी तो बंद करण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे!" [From today my show 'Sadetod' will not be aired on TV9. The channel has decided to shut it down in a hurry!] (Tweet) (in Marathi). Retrieved 3 December 2022– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "Nikhil Wagle Attacked: NCP's Supriya Sule Tears Into BJP, Says 'Journalist's Female Colleagues Abused'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Marathi, TV9 (9 February 2024). "पुण्यात भाजप कार्यकर्त्यांनी निखिल वागळे यांची गाडी फोडली, नेमकं काय घडतंय?". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 9 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Pinki Virani (2000). Bitter Chocolate. Pinki Virani: Child Sexual Abuse in India. Penguin Books India. p. 7. ISBN   978-0-14-029897-0 . Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  11. ↑ " @meenakarnik " on Twitter
  12. ↑ Wagle, Nikhil [@waglenikhil] (15 February 2012). "@drswapnapatker. I am an atheist!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022– via Twitter.
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