# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinod-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:27:55.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinod-mehta"
name: "Vinod Mehta"
slug: "vinod-mehta"
description: "Vinod Mehta was an Indian journalist, editor and political commentator. He was also the founder editor-in-chief of Outlook from 1995 to 2012 and had been editor of publications such as The Pioneer, The Sunday Observer, The Independent and The Indian Post. He was also the author of several books."
tagline: "Indian journalist (1942-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Vinod_Mehta.jpg/330px-Vinod_Mehta.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-05-31"
deathDate: "2015-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump