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'''Aniruddha Bahal''' is the founder and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost.com – an Indian news website.<ref name="RodriguesRanganathan2014p88">{{cite book|author1=Usha M. Rodrigues|author2=Maya Ranganathan|title=Indian News Media: From Observer to Participant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RqJCwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-93-5150-158-9|pages=88 note 10}}</ref> Prior to founding Cobrapost, he co-founded ''[[Tehelka]]''.<ref name="RodriguesRanganathan2014p88"/><ref name=OLReddy/><br />
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Bahal was born in [[Allahabad]] and is a university graduate. He moved to Delhi in 1991 where he began his journalistic career by writing and editing some articles at the ''Outlook'' and the ''India Today''.<ref name=tindep2006/> In 1999, he co-founded Tehelka.com – a news website, with [[Tarun Tejpal]] and another colleague from the ''Outlook'' after "an investor with deep pockets" agreed to underwrite their startup, according to the ''Independent''.<ref name=tindep2006/><br />
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In 2003, Bahal wrote an espionage thriller ''[[Bunker 13]]''.<ref name=OLReddy/> Its "hipster-slang-spitting antihero", states an article on Bahal in the UK-based newspaper the ''Independent'', "shoots smack, snorts speed, runs guns, administers date-rape drugs" and a scene therein went on to win the ''Literary Review's'' [[Literary Review|Bad Sex in Fiction Award]].<ref name=tindep2006/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3288179.stm|title=Bad sex writer laughs at victory|date=3 December 2003|work=[[BBC]]|accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref><br />
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In 2005, Bahal founded and became the editor-in-chief of the online news magazine ''[[Cobrapost|Cobrapost.com]]''. It is particularly known for its undercover sting operations.<ref name="RodriguesRanganathan2014p88"/><br />
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In 2008, he started hosting ''The Tony B Show'' for [[Channel V]].<ref name=tindep2006>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/aniruddha-bahal-the-king-of-sting-6229903.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/aniruddha-bahal-the-king-of-sting-6229903.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Aniruddha Bahal: The King of Sting|last=Zaitchik|first=Alexander |date=19 November 2006|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=9 February 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/caught-on-camera/561105/0|title=Caught on camera|date=30 December 2009|work=[[Indian Express]]|accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=OLReddy>{{cite news|last1=Reddy|first1=Sheela|title=10 Questions Aniruddha Bahal|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Aniruddha-Bahal/220388|accessdate=12 December 2014|work=Outlook|date=9 June 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212145736/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Aniruddha-Bahal/220388|archivedate=2014-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''Crack in the Mirror'' (1991)<br />
*''[[Bunker 13]]'' (2003)<br />
*''The Emissary'' (2010)<br />
*''The Adventures of Rhea: The Cobrapost Affair'' (2015)<br />
*''A Taste For Trouble : Memories From Another Time'' (2021)<br />
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