Suhasini Haidar

Suhasini Swamy Haidar is the Diplomatic Editor of The Hindu, an Indian newspaper.

Family

Suhasini is the youngest daughter of BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy. She is married to Nadeem Haidar.

Career

Over the course of a 22-year career in journalism, Suhasini has covered the most challenging stories and conflicts from The INDIAN subcontinent and beyond including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Libya, Lebanon and Syria. Suhasini was also the Foreign Affairs editor and prime time anchor at CNN-IBN (2005-2014), where she presented the signature show, WorldView with Suhasini Haidar, and was Correspondent at CNN International’s New Delhi bureau.

Her articles at The Hindu have covered wide range topics including Indian Foreign Policy, International Diplomacy and Global Security challenges. She also has been invited by Jaipur Literature Festival to host and speak on foreign affairs and media.

Award

She has won Prem Bhatia Memorial Award for the Best Political Reporting-2015.