Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire.

[8] He began his career in journalism with The Times in Lagos, Nigeria and later worked as their Lead Writer on the Indian subcontinent till 1981.

It ended with Jayalalithaa snapping at him and tossing the mic on the table, saying that "it wasn't a pleasure talking to you" and chose to leave with a "Namaste" not responding to his handshake.

Modi abruptly stopped the interview just three minutes in[14] while saying "dosti bani rahe" (Hindustani for "Let the friendship be intact") which became a popular internet meme.

In August 2021, the management of The Asian Age objected to Thapar's regular column after he wrote about the '1947 Violence Against Jammu Muslims'.

Thapar stopped writing for the column and said "The 1947 violence against Jammu's Muslims that unfolded over a period of three-four months in 1947 is well-documented and has been historically accounted for.