Prior to his assignment with
The New Indian Express, he was the editor of Language publications in
India Today news magazine. Before holding this post he worked as the Group editorial director of India Today Group till November 2010. Mr Chawla has the unique distinction of being the only journalist ever in India whose story had led to the fall of a Government in New Delhi. He scooped the controversial
Jain Commission report on the assassination of
Rajiv Gandhi. Its publication in the magazine led to the Congress withdrawing support to the
United Front government, which led to the fall of the
Inder Kumar Gujral led regime in 1997. While at India Today, he hosted a popular talk show
Seedhi Baat on
Aaj Tak channel where he grilled prominent personalities. After leaving the group he was replaced by
M. J. Akbar. He moved to
IBN7 to host weekly talk show
Teekhi Baat. He hosted
Sachchi Baat on
National Voice,
Siddhi Gal on
PTC News and is the editorial director of The New Indian Express Group. He also has his own YouTube channel. After a hiatus of 10 years, he once again returned to host
Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak. He also appeared as himself in the 2008 Hindi feature film
Halla Bol. ==Awards==