Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born 5 October 1955) is an Indian journalist, writer, publisher, documentary film maker and teacher.

[4] The 45-minute film, supported by Greenpeace, delved into the political economy of coal in contemporary India with the Singrauli example serving as a case study.

This was Guha Thakurta's second film on coal, the earlier one being 'Hot as hell: Why Jharia is burning', that was produced in 2006 by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust.

Reliance Industries Limited, one of India's major conglomerates which is also involved in oil and gas exploration and production, sent a legal notice to Guha Thakurta and others for defamation through this book.

[5] In 2016, Guha Thakurta was appointed Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) replacing C Rammanohar Reddy, who steered the prestigious journal since 2004.

Fearing an expensive lawsuit by one of India's biggest corporate houses, Sameeksha Trust (which runs the journal EPW) decided to take down the article,[9] prompting Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's resignation on July 18, 2017, over alleged differences with the board.

Initially, the report titled Paid News: How Corruption in the Indian Media Undermines Democracy was to be released on 26 April 2010, but it was deferred after many members of the Council raised objections.