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''Tehelka'' (Hindi: Sensational) is an Indian news magazine known for its investigative journalism and sting operations. It was founded by Tarun Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal in 2000 as a website. It began circulating tabloid-format newspapers in 2004 and switched to magazine in 2007. ''Tehelka'' first sting operation was on a cricket match fixing scandal in 2000 and the second, which was its most widely known, was "Operation West End" in 2001. In November 2013, Tejpal stepped aside as the editor with an apology after a woman colleague accused him of sexual assault. In 2014, Mathew Samuel became the managing editor of the magazine. Operation West End involved releasing footage of government officials accepting bribes in a fake arms deal. This caused the resignations of several officials including the then Defence Minister and two presidents of the ruling parties. ''Tehelka'' got press and public support for this sting, influenced the use of "sting journalism" in the country's mainstream media. It led to the debate about its ethics because of their use of prostitutes in the sting. ''Tehelka'' has been criticised mainly for its use of investigative journalism and siding with the Congress party. In 2007, ''Tehelka'' published a report against members of the Bajrang Dal and for their role in the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 Gujarat violence. The report, called "The Truth: Gujarat 2002", was based on a six-month sting operation with video footage of the members admitting their role in the violence. It won the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2010 and 2011. ==History== Tarun Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal started ''Tehelka'' (Hindi: "Sensational") as a website in 2000, after they quit their jobs from ''Outlook'' magazine. Its office was set up in south New Delhi. After conducting its main sting investigation, "Operation West End" in 2001, the government started an inquiry, which the staff saw as a direct attack on them. Its reporters and main financial backer were arrested, judicial investigations were conducted on various grounds and there were tax-related raids. In 2003, its staff decreased from 120 to three and the website shut down because of debts. Bahal left ''Tehelka'' in the same year, saying the government was "bogging us down with a lot of legal nonsense" and later founded Cobrapost.com. In 2004, backed by more than 200 writers, lawyers, business people and activists, who donated money and supported it, ''Tehelka'' launched itself as a reader-financed weekly newspaper in tabloid format. Among the supporters were activist Arundhati Roy, politician Shashi Tharoor and Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul.〔 It called itself the "People's Paper" and the reporters took a tour around the country promoting what they called "free, fair and fearless" journalism.〔 After its Naroda Patiya sting operation in 2007, it sold around 75,000 to 90,000 copies per week. It still suffered financial losses, since it was not backed by any large media or business groups.〔 Tejpal changed ''Tehelka'' from tabloid to magazine in September 2007 to encourage more potential advertisers, but found it difficult because of their sting operations. Tejpal started the Hindi language website in 2007 and then Tehelka's Hindi News magazine. Sanjay Dubey was the founder editor of the Hindi magazine. Tarun Tejpal became Tehelka's largest shareholder, most of its capital is from his personal contacts and Agni Media, his company, was the owner of the magazine in 2008.〔 "THiNK Fest" was started in 2011 as an annual literary festival and promoted as an event of ''Tehelka''. The program was run by an organisation called Thinkworks Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Tejpal, his sister Neena and managing editor Shoma Chaudhury. It featured Bollywood actors, global thinkers and sessions on new technology. In November 2013, Tejpal stepped aside as editor after a female colleague accused him of sexual assault and Chaudhury resigned on 28 November because of the incident. , Mathew Samuel is the managing editor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tehelka.com/tehelka-editorial/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tehelka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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