Prerna suri biography of martin

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Born in Delhi, Prerna Suri is a self-professed ‘third culture’ kid.

“My parents came to Dubai in the early 80’s when the petrol boom began and it was still hard to explain to anyone back home where Dubai was,” she says.

“I used to hang out with my friends from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt and of course, India so that gave both me and my older brother an appreciation for different cultures and places from a very young age.”

Although a well-known journalist now, Prerna wasn’t always clear on what she wanted to do when she was a child.

“Growing up, I was interested in many things – I had dabbled in writing,  liked science and at another point, I honestly thought I would be an ice skater!”

But it was one day, when she and her father, Brij, tried out their new video camera for a bit of fun, that her true passion for broadcasting came out.

“I was 6-years old, my dad was the videographer and