H K Dua: Suave, steady, and steeped in gravitas

HK DUA represented a generation of editors for whom journalism was both craft and constitutional duty.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

Over a career spanning more than four decades, he helmed three of India’s most influential newspapers — The Hindustan Times, The Indian Express and The Tribune — shaping public discourse during some of the country’s most politically charged decades.Those who worked in his newsrooms remember not dramatic interventions but a certain steadiness. He did not believe in spectacle. He believed in allowing journalism to unfold — provided it was rigorous, fair and grounded in fact. It was during his editorship that several consequential reporting projects were undertaken, including early investigation