Britta Ohm wrote in 2011 that Dutt is criticised for "secular shrillness", betraying the cause of Kashmiri Pandits, over-the-top nationalism in the reporting of Kargil conflict, and for soft-pedalling Hindutva. For 2008 Mumbai attacks, she was blamed for sensationalising the events, putting lives at risk and causing deaths by identifying on live television where the hotel guests might be located. She has received negative reception for some of her work. While covering the events of 2002 Gujarat violence, Dutt identified attackers and victims of a riot as "Hindus" and "Muslims" on television, flouting the guidelines of the Press Council of India. She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Her reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India. She also obtained a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York assisted by an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship. She started her journalism career with NDTV and later rose to head the English news wing of the organisation. She received a Master's in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia Mass Communication Research Center, New Delhi.
Stephen's College, Delhi with a degree in English literature. Her father died of coronavirus in April 2021. Barkha has expressed her opinion against Triple Talaq and Muslim patriarchy. She supports the concept of a Uniform Civil Code.
She describes herself as agnostic who rejects religion. Her younger sister, Bahar Dutt, is also a television journalist working for CNN IBN.
Dutt credits her journalistic skills to her mother, a pioneer among women journalists in India. Dutt, an Air India official, and Prabha Dutt, who was a well-known journalist with the Hindustan Times.
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