http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=115762
<For someone who has covered Mumbai's financial markets for over two decades, Dalal is well aware of the pulls and pressures at play. ''The Ketan Parekh scam was worse than the Harshad Mehta securities scam as I received many threatening calls and e-mails to back off,'' she said here today. Now, in her new role as investor activist, Dalal is making sure that small investors get their fair share vis-a-vis powerful corporate lobbies and business houses. Dalal is an administrator of the Investor Protection and Education Fund under the ministry of company affairs and a trustee of the Ahmedabad-based Consumer Education and Research Centre. She, as a member of the Narayana Murthy Committee on Corporate Governance -- instituted by the Securities & Exchange Board of India, recommended sweeping reforms that are today bringing disclosure norms in India Inc at par with international standards. To future journalists, Dalal advises that it pays to pursue investigative journalism even if it means facing pressure from various groups. ''In the long run, it pays to write stories which matter to the people,'' says she. Starting her career with the Taj President Hotel, Dalal' s first newsroom entry came in 1984, in Fortune India, a Mumbai-based financial fortnightly. Later she worked with Business Standard, The Economic Times and the Times of India. Her 1992 story on Harshad Mehta securities scam, won her the Chameli Devi Award for excellence in journalism.>
