 "Barkha Dutt to quit NDTV: Twitter rushes to congratulate her on new start")
Journalist Barkha Dutt has stepped down from her position as Group Editor in NDTV after almost twenty years on the job and is reportedly going to start her own media company. [caption id=“attachment_268924” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  WIkimedia Commons[/caption] Dutt made her mark with her coverage of the Kargil war, and her reporting for NDTV made her a house hold name at a time when the channel was the first 24-hour English news channels in India. While she has faced criticism for her reporting of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Dutt is also the recipient of several awards including the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row and the has also received the Padma Shri. Many on Twitter have been sad to hear of her departure and here’s how they reacted to the news:
If report of @BDUTT leaving @ndtv is true, the company and its news delivery wouldn't hold the same value for me.
— Ishita Guha (@GuhaIshita) February 16, 2015
Twitter users wished her the very best in her future endeavours.
Congratulations are in order @BDUTT. Best of luck for stepping up the game :)
— Darth Syddius (@Syddie) February 16, 2015
Others tweeted suggestions for what she could call her new News venture.
Barkha stops here ! #NameForBarkhasNewChannel@BDUTT
— Soliloquyist (@Soliloquyist) February 16, 2015
More #VogueEmpower to you @BDUTT! @VOGUEIndia
— Anindita Ghose (@aninditaghose) February 16, 2015
Impact Shorts
More Shorts@BDUTT Have a glorious future, Barkha. All the best...
— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) February 16, 2015
BDSM -- Barkha Dutt Starts Media co.
— Avinash Iyer (@IyerAvin) February 16, 2015
Many lamented the loss of not having her in front of the camera.
People want to see you in front of camera not at the back of camera @BDUTT I can't imagine @ndtv without Barkha Dutt....
— Kanwal Chadha (@KanwalChadha) February 16, 2015
From part time to full time anti modi, supari & sickular journalism for living. Barkha dutt to start her own channel. pic.twitter.com/A15eQ7SMWq
— rajbeer (@Chakri__tweets) February 16, 2015
@BDUTT Wishing my fav news personality continued success in the future. :)
— Varun Saharan (@SaharanVarun) February 16, 2015
And given the number of her critics she also had some who weren’t exactly complaining about her exit:
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