Monita Rajpal

Monita Rajpal (born February 19, 1974 in Hong Kong) is a Canadian CNN International news anchor, based at the network's London office, where she anchors World One, along with her co-anchor Zain Verjee. Monita Rajpal was born in Hong Kong and is of Indian origin. She spent most of her childhood in Hong Kong before emigrating to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition to English, she speaks conversational Cantonese, French and Punjabi. In 1996, Rajpal obtained a B.A.A. (Bachelor of Applied Arts) degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic University (now Ryerson University) in Toronto, before moving into television journalism and anchoring on Toronto's Pulse24 news channel. She joined CNN in Atlanta in 2001, before moving...