Sankarshan Thakur

Sankarshan Thakur (1962 – 8 September 2025) was an Indian print journalist.[1][2][3] Thakur served as the Editor of The Telegraph.[4]

Background

Thakur was born in Patna, Bihar in 1962. His work was deeply inspired by M.J. Akbar, under whom Thakur apprenticed as a journalist for many years. Thakur was the Executive Editor of Tehelka weekly, which he helped launch in early 2004. He returned to The Telegraph, where he started his journalistic career in 1985, as the newspaper's Roving Editor. He was earlier Associate Editor of The Indian Express. Thakur covered Bihar and Kashmir extensively. Some of his most memorable stories came off the Kargil warfront in the summer of 1999. He won the Prem Bhatia award for excellence in political journalism in 2001. In 2003, he won the Appan Menon Fellowship to work on a book on Kashmir which is in the making.[5] He died on 8 September 2025, at the age of 63.[6]

Publications

  • Thakur authored a book based on life of Lalu Prasad Yadav titled as The Making of Laloo Yadav, The Unmaking of Bihar (ISBN 978-8172234003); the book was recently updated and reprinted by Picador India under the title "Subaltern Sahib: Bihar and the Making of Laloo Yadav".[7][8]
  • Thakur also authored a biography of Nitish Kumar titled Single Man: The Life And Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar.[9][10][11][12]
  • In November 2015, Thakur's book The Brothers Bihari featuring a dual biography of Laloo Yadav and Nitish Kumar was released.[13]

References

  1. ^ Preetam, Anuradha (8 September 2025). "Like father, like son". The Sunday Indian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Everybody fights over nobody's bill". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Nitish is keeping his options open at this stage: Sankarshan Thakur". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Sankarshan Thakur is Telegraphs new editor". rediff.com. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Appan Menon award". The Hindu. 18 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 October 2003.
  6. ^ "Sankarshan Thakur, Editor of The Telegraph, passes away". The Federal. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  7. ^ The godmothers of Bihar
  8. ^ Hell's Angel
  9. ^ When Nitish Kumar cancelled the Modi dinner
  10. ^ Single Man : The Life And Times Of Nitish Kumar Of Bihar
  11. ^ Nitish Kumar: Bihar’s renaissance man
  12. ^ 'Nitish Kumar sees Narendra Modi as a man who imperils inclusive and secular India'
  13. ^ "The Brothers Bihari: A book that charts journeys of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad". Indian Express. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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