Anita Pratap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anita Pratap

Indian writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1958

Place of Birth: Kottayam, Kerala, India

Profession: journalist, film director

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Anita Pratap is an expatriate Indian writer and journalist.
In 1983, she was the first journalist who interviewed LTTE chief V.
Prabhakaran.
She won the George Polk award for TV reporting for her television journalism related to the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban.
She was India bureau chief for CNN.
She has written the book Island of Blood based on Sri Lanka.
In 2013 she was presented with the Shriratna global award by the Kerala Kala Kendram an organisation associated to the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.
She was nominated as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Ernakulam, Kerala for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.