The Caravan's Executive Editor Vinod K Jose resigns
New Delhi: Senior Journalist and Executive Editor of reputed Indian magazine The Caravan, Vinod K Jose resigned from the magazine on Tuesday, January 31.
Vinod broke the news of his resignation in a Facebook post from his profile on Tuesday morning, expressing gratitude while also calling his nearly one and a half decade-long association with The Caravan "Stellar".
"After nearly a decade and half of long-forming and muckraking, I'm hanging up my Caravan boots today." He wrote in his Facebook post.
Vinod joined The Caravan in 2009 when he was 29-year-old. He led The Caravan's Editorial team which went on to cover several groundbreaking stories over the years including the coverage of Judge Loya's mysterious death who was hearing the fake encounter case against Amit Shah, the Commonwealth Games scam, Adani's Coalgate scam, the Hindutva Terror Network among others.
Vinod in his post thanked owner-publisher-editor of The Caravan Anant Nath for giving him the opportunity while also thanking Anant's father Paresh Nath and sister Richa Shah for extending support to him.
"In 2009, Caravan probably was the smallest newsroom in Delhi, just enough people to fit into my small car, when felt like going for a dinner at Karims at Old Delhi. But now the team is ten times bigger." He recalled his early days at The Caravan.
Speaking about the investigation pieces that the magazine carried over the years, Vinod wrote the investigations were fun because it spoke truth to power. He also listed some of the major stories which he commissioned/supervised.
He also listed and thanked several reporters, journalists, and contributors for making his journey stellar.
"I'm sure the current editorial team, whose names in not taking as the list will become so long, and the know how well they do what they do, will thrive in all areas. For me personally, as a media scholar, whose PhD was in the sociology of newsrooms, my favourite aspect of Caravan was how we brought diversity into the newsroom. I think Caravan is among the most diverse newsrooms in India." He wrote.
"Hartosh, whom I brought in 2014 as the Political Editor, and was in the thick and thin of the things since then, will replace me as the Executive Editor." Vinod added.
Speaking of his own plans after resignation, Vinod wrote he would be working to complete a book that he has been contracted to write.
"I consider myself a reporter who was caged in a beautiful editor's room, unable to report and write as much as I would like to do." He further added.
"It also weighs heavily on me that the times we live in demand serious thinking and interventions, even from outside the boundaries of the newsroom, who knows what that means, though. But first, I want to finish the book at hand."
Towards the end of the post, Vinod thanked his family, who he said had "sacrificed the most for this run".
"I hope to give those near and dear some time. So by for now as an editor, and hi as a reader and writer." Vinod wrote to conclude his post.
I have some professional news to share: after nearly a decade and half of long-forming and muckraking, I'm hanging up my Caravan boots today.
— Vinod K. Jose (@vinodjose) January 31, 2023
Thank you so much everyone. It has been a stellar journey, both personal & professional.
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Edited photo of Actor Prakash Raj taking dip at Maha Kumbh Mela goes viral, complaint filed
Bengaluru: Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday clarified that a photo of him taking a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh Mela, which is doing rounds across social media platforms, was fake. The multilingual actor has filed a police complaint against the miscreants in this regard.
The digitally manipulated image was posted by an account named Prashant Sambaragi, captioned: "Actor Prakash Raj at the Kumbh Mela. He bathed in the Triveni Sangam. Let's hope that his sins are washed away." The image also bizarrely showed the actor’s hand blending into an artificial design, suggesting the use of AI editing.
Taking to ‘X,’ actor Prakash Raj clarified that it was fake news. He stated, "Fake news. The job of the cowardly army of the 'False King' is to spread fake news and defile even their holy worship. A police complaint has been filed. Let's see what they do in the courtroom."
ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿ
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) January 28, 2025
“ಸುಳ್ಳ ರಾಜ” ನ ಹೇಡಿಗಳ ಸೈನ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ .. ಅವರ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪೂಜೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಹಬ್ಬಿಸಿ ಹೊಲಸು ಮಾಡುವುದೇ ಕೆಲಸ .. police complaint ದಾಖಲಾಗಿದೆ .. ಕೋರ್ಟಿನ ಕಟಕಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೋ ನೋಡೋಣ 😊 #justasking pic.twitter.com/S6ySeyFKmh
