\u0906\u091c \u091c\u094b \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0932\u093f\u0916\u093e \u091b\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u091a\u093f\u0930\u094c\u0930\u0940-\u0935\u093f\u0928\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0940 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0925\u0940. \u090f\u092e\u091c\u0947 \u0905\u0915\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u0932\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f. \u0907\u0928 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0935\u0947 \u091f\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u091f\u0941\u0921\u0947 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0942\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092a\u0926 \u0935 \u092a\u0948\u0915\u0947\u091c \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902. \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0935\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0925\u093e \u091c\u092c \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u094b \u091b\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0928\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u092a\u095c\u093e \u0925\u093e. \u0935\u094b \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0906\u0924\u0940 \u0926\u094c\u0930 \u0925\u093e. \u0924\u092c \u090f\u092e\u091c\u0947 \u0917\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0939\u0935\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0925\u0947. \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0915 \u092c\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0924\u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0925\u0947. \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0935\u0947 \u091c\u0942\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u091f\u0938\u092e\u0948\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u092b\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a\u0947.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u092e\u093e\u0938\u0942\u092e \u0938\u093e \u091a\u0947\u0939\u0930\u093e, \u092a\u0924\u0932\u093e-\u0926\u0941\u092c\u0932\u093e \u0936\u0930\u0940\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0939\u093e\u092b \u0936\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0914\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u094b \u091c\u0917 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0948\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u0947\u092c\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093e\u0916\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u0941\u090f. \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0932\u0918\u0941 \u0915\u0925\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u091b\u093e- \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u091b\u092a \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948. \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938 \u0928\u094b\u091f\u092c\u0941\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0932\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e. \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0915\u093f \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f\u0917\u093e, \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0907\u091f\u0930 \u0928\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0935\u091c\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0907\u0938\u0947 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092a \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e. \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092a\u0942\u091b\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u090f\u092e\u091c\u0947 \u0905\u0915\u092c\u0930 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e. \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0932\u0918\u0941 \u0915\u0925\u093e \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0941\u0908. \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0939\u0940 \u0935\u0947 \u0915\u0948\u0902\u092a\u0938 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0942\u092a \u091c\u0942\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u091f\u094d\u0938\u092e\u0948\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947.<\/p>\n
1971 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092e\u094d\u0938 \u0911\u092b \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u094c\u0930 \u091f\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0928\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0906\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092e\u094b\u092c\u0936\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u093e\u0935\u0947\u0926 \u0905\u0915\u092c\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092a\u093e\u0926\u0915, \u0909\u092a\u0938\u092e\u094d\u092a\u093e\u0926\u0915 \u0935 \u092b\u0940\u091a\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u094c\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0926 \u091f\u0947\u0932\u0940\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092b, \u0938\u0928\u094d\u0921\u0947 \u0917\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091c\u093f\u092f\u0928, \u090f\u0936\u093f\u092f\u0928 \u090f\u091c, \u0921\u0947\u0915\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0928 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0949\u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0940 \u0924\u092e\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0926\u0940. \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094c\u0936\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0917\u0947 \u092c\u095d\u093e\u092f\u093e. \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091f\u0941\u0921\u0947 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0926\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902. \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947-\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u0917 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0948\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0930\u094d\u092b \u091c\u0947\u090f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c ”\u091c\u0947\u090f\u0938 \u090f\u0923\u094d\u0921 \u0926 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092e\u094d\u0938 \u0911\u092b \u092e\u093e\u0908 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u092b” \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0939\u0948\u0902. \u0907\u0938 \u0928\u0908-\u0928\u0935\u0947\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0917 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0948\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u091c\u0942\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u091f\u094d\u0938\u092e\u0948\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092e\u094d\u0938 \u0911\u092b \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 25 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u092d\u0935\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093f\u091a\u094b\u095c \u092a\u093f\u0930\u094b\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948.<\/p>\n
\u0907\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091f\u0940\u0913\u0906\u0908 \u0938\u092e\u0942\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0940 \u0915\u0908 \u0916\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u0940\u0920\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0930\u094b\u0938\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0948\u0902. \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u0917\u094d\u0917\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u091c\u0940\u0935\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u091b\u0941\u090f \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0932\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0939\u0948. \u090f\u092e\u091c\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0936\u0936\u093f \u0925\u0930\u0942\u0930, \u0938\u0940\u0906\u0930 \u0907\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940, \u0938\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u091c\u0948\u0928, \u0917\u093f\u0930\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0932 \u091c\u0948\u0928, \u0926\u093f\u0932\u0940\u092a \u092a\u0921\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0935\u0915\u0930 \u0906\u0926\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0947\u090f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0939\u0948. \u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936\u093f\u0924 \u0907\u0938 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0905\u0902\u0936-<\/p>\n
On M.J. AKBAR:<\/strong> \u2018Please, sir, can I submit a short story for publication?\u2019 I looked up from the papers on my desk. No one had called me \u2018sir\u2019 before. A thin chap with an aspiring moustache, in shorts and a half-sleeved shirt stood before my desk. I gestured for him to sit.<\/p>\n \u2018Where\u2019s the short story?\u2019 In reply, he handed over a school exercise book, the last several pages of which were covered with carefully penned handwriting.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m sorry I couldn\u2019t get it typed. I don\u2019t have a typewriter,\u2019 the young chap said.<\/p>\n \u2018Don\u2019t worry, I don\u2019t either,\u2019 I said. \u2018But you\u2019d better tear out these pages yourself. I\u2019ll make a mess of it.\u2019<\/p>\n He tore out the pages and handed them to me.<\/p>\n \u2018You haven\u2019t put down your name, for the by-line,\u2019 I said. \u2018What is it?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018M.J. Akbar,\u2019 said M.J. Akbar.<\/p>\n The short story was published, and MJ\u2014then in class XI at Calcutta boys school)\u2014soon became a regular campus correspondent for the Junior Statesman\u2026.<\/p>\n Years later, in 1985, at a memorial service held in Calcuta after Desmond Doig\u2018s untimely death, MJ spoke about how Junior Statesman\u2014soon to be shortened to JS\u2014had been the launch pad of his journalistic career.<\/p>\n MJ made it sound as though that were the JS\u2018s greatest contribution to posterity. Who knows? Maybe it was.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n On SHASHI THAROOR: <\/strong>\u2018I though you had the Jungian unconscious in mind when you wrote your short story. Did you?\u2019<\/p>\n The speaker was referring to a short story called \u2018The Wall\u2018 I\u2019d written and which had appeared in the JS.<\/p>\n He was about 12 years old, the only person in shorts at the cocktail party in Desmond\u2019s flat in Calcuta, and it seemed like the most natural thing in the world that he should ask me about the Jungian unconscious. Whatever it was.<\/p>\n His name was Shashi, and he was the son of the advertising manager of The Statesman, a human dynamo called Chandran Tharoor. Even in those days, Shashi had the grace of intellect and the charm of manner to put people far older, less clever than he, at their ease.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n On C.R. IRANI:<\/strong> Each morning the managing director [of The Statesman] would come to the JS, tucked away on a mezzanine floor of the Statesman building. Striding into Desmond\u2019s cabin, he would ask for the JS team to be summoned.<\/p>\n The MD would address the congregation. \u2018Desmond, boys, they\u2019re coming to take me away. I expect them at any moment. But even after I have gone, remember: keep fighting the good fight, keep the flag of freedom unfurled. That\u2019s all. Thank you and God bless till we meet again.\u2019<\/p>\n Then, heels clicking counterpoint to the silent strains of \u2018We shall overcome\u2018, the MD would march out, presumably into the arms of the waiting constabulary.<\/p>\n They never came. In the afternoon, Desmond would phone the MD\u2019s secretary to ascertain his fate.<\/p>\n \u2018The MD\u2019s gone?\u2019 she\u2019d confirm.<\/p>\n \u2018To Lalbazar lock-up?\u2019 Desmond would ask.<\/p>\n \u2018To the Bengal Club for lunch,\u2019 she\u2019d reply. And the next day the entire sequence would be repeated again.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n On TIME magazine:<\/strong> When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize, Dan Sheppard, the then Time correspondent in Delhi, called me in Calcutta. He wanted to kow how much Mamma T weighed.<\/p>\n \u2018You know the Time style,\u2019 he said. \u2018In the piece I write, when I say \u2018tiny\u2019, I have to give her weight to back up the adjective. Will you find out for me, please?\u2019<\/p>\n I rang the Missionaries of Charity. Mother was unavailable, out on fieldwork, as she was more often than not. I spoke to one of the sisters.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m sorry, I know it sounds stupid. But could you tell me how much Mother weighs? It\u2019s for Time magazine.\u2019<\/p>\n There was silence. Then, very gently, \u2018Do you really think that Mother herself would know or care?\u2019<\/p>\n In the end I made up a figure: 48 kg, and passed it on to Dan. He seemed happy enough. Presumably so were Time readers.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n GIRILAL JAIN:<\/strong> \u2018Condemn or condone?\u2019 said Girilal Jain. It was the tailend of a typical editorial page meeting, chaired by Giri. The air was turgid with debate and tobacco smoke. But even the fug of nicotine fumes couldn\u2019t obscure the sparkle of the discourse. It was a stellar gathering, with one notable exception.<\/p>\n There was Giri himself, of course. Last of the great editors, and very conscious of it too\u2026. Puffing on his pipe, Giri conjured visions of ancient faultlines of caste and creed, of clan and tribe, wanting to open wide their cataclysmic jaws and swallow up in a trice the marvels of modern India\u2026.<\/p>\n Towards the end of every edit meeting, Giri would allot the day\u2019s work. Often, though not always, Giri reserved the lead editorial for himself, using it to tell the government what it should or should not do about whatever it was Giri felt it should or should not do.<\/p>\n Having sorted out the government for yet another day, Giri would ask the others for topics they might wish to write about. Someone would suggest Bihar (something or the other, generally the other, was always happening, or not happening, in Bihar); someone else would mention President\u2019s rule somewhere else; another would offer the sarkar\u2019s growing fiscal deficit.<\/p>\n Giri would decide which of the offerings he wanted. Then he\u2019d asked the person wo\u2019d volunteered to write it, a single question: \u2018Condemn or condone?\u2019<\/p>\n Was the writer in favour of what it was or was he against it? The writer would give his reply in the same \u2018Condemn\/condone\u2019 format and the edit page meeting would be over.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n DILEEP PADGAONKAR: <\/strong>Giri\u2019s own heir-apparent was Dileep Padgaonkar. Dileep who had been one of the first of the new guard to be recruited by Gautam Adhikari on Samir Jain\u2018s instructions was\u2014and is\u2014a Chitpawan Brahmin equally fluent in Sanskrit and French, which he spoke with a Sanskritised accent, or perhaps it was the other way round.<\/p>\n A wonderful raconteur and mimic, his rendition of the 9 0\u2032clock television in raga bhairavi was a treat to hear. He gave the impression of always sporting an invisible beret, a baguette under the arm and a silk cravat around his neck, even in a Delhi summer.<\/p>\n Present at Giri court was Gautam himself and the newcomers he\u2019d recruited, which included Arvind N. Das, who came from the world of academia, Subir Roy, who\u2019d worked with The Telegraph in Calcutta, and Ajay Kumar, who\u2019d been with India Today.<\/p>\n Anikendranath \u2018Badshah\u2019 Sen, who\u2019d been with Radio Australia, had been brought in by Dileep.<\/p>\n Badshah\u2019s and Dileep\u2019s cars had happened to stop at the same Delhi red light at the same time. They knew each by sight and had exchanged greetings. Then, on an impulse, Dileep had asked: \u2018Where are you working now?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Radio Australia,\u2019 Badshah had said.<\/p>\n \u2018Would you like to switch to the ToI?\u2019 Dileep had said.<\/p>\n \u2018Why not?\u2019 Badshah had replied.<\/p>\n And that had been that.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n SAMIR JAIN:<\/strong> One Saturday evening, Bunny and I, Navbharat Times editor S.P. Singh and his wife Shikha Trivedy, and a couple of others from the Times group had foregathered for dinner at the Nizamudding West flat that Subir Roy and his wife Indrani were renting at the time.<\/p>\n The phone rang and Subir answered it. He hung up, looking sombre.<\/p>\n \u2018It was Samir Jain,\u2019 he said. \u2018He says he\u2019s coming over. With his wife. He says they\u2019ve had their dinner, so not to worry about food.\u2019<\/p>\n There was contemplative silence. At the end of a long week, when you\u2019re having a few drinks with your cronies and letting your hair down, you don\u2019t exactly want your super-boss sitting there listening in to your conversation which, had he not been there, could well have been about him.<\/p>\n \u2018Oh well,\u2019 said someone philosophically.\u2019Let\u2019s have a drink to that.\u2019<\/p>\n We did and waited for SJ. He and his wife, Meera, turned up. All the men stood up, offering chairs.<\/p>\n \u2018No, no. Please. Continue,\u2019 said SJ. He led his wife to a corner of the room where there were a couple of seats and they sat down. \u2018Please,\u2019 said SJ. \u2018Do carry on.\u2019<\/p>\n Eventually we managed to get a conversation going, with SJ sitting in the corner listening attentively. Belly-aching about the office was obviously out of the question. So we stuck to a safe topic: new places in Delhi to drink and eat out in.<\/p>\n Someone mentioned a new Spanish restaurant which did a mean paella.<\/p>\n \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m told it\u2019s good. But bloody expensive,\u2019 someone else said.<\/p>\n \u2018Place to go for a special occasion,\u2019 I said.<\/p>\n \u2018Excuse me,\u2019 said SJ from the corner.<\/p>\n Everyone shut up. For a moment we\u2019d forgotten that he was there. Which, of course, was exactly what he wanted.<\/p>\n \u2018Excuse me,\u2019 said SJ again.\u2019But you people like to, I mean really like to, spend money? You get some sort of pleasure out of it?\u2019<\/p>\n There was a clumsy silence.<\/p>\n \u2018Yeah,\u2019 I said at last. \u2018We people like, actually like, to spend money. When we have any, that is. On special occasions, once in a while, we might even like to spend more than we can really afford. Maybe that\u2019s partly what makes a special occasion a special occasion.\u2019<\/p>\n SJ nodded. \u2018I see,\u2019 he said. \u2018You people like spending money. Interesting.\u2019<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n MONU NALPAT:<\/strong> [ToI foreign affairs editor] Ramesh Chandran, who shared an office room with him, would describe to a fascinated audience the daily morning ritual. Monu would stride in briskly and go to his desk without a word of greeting or any acknowledgement of Ramesh\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n Seating himself at his desk, he would take off his spectacles and place them on the desktop. Then he would remove, one by one, all the metallic objects on his person: his watch, the rings on his fingers, the coins from his wallet. He would arrange these with millimetric into precision on the desk.<\/p>\n He would stand up and eyes shut, genuflect several times in one direction. He would turn at an angle of ninety degrees and repeatedly genuflect again, murmuring an inaudible incantation. He would go back to his desk, put his watch and rings on, put the coins back into his wallet.<\/p>\n He would put on his spectacles, looking at Ramesh, giving him a beaming smile, and say, \u2018Good morning, Ramesh! How\u2019s it going?\u2019<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n SAMIR JAIN:<\/strong> Diana dead. It was humongous news. The most humongous of the year. Maybe of the decade. All the editorial pages of all the newspapers in the wold would have lead editorials about Diana\u2019s death.<\/p>\n With one big huge glaring exception. The ToI. 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