Saturday, April 07, 2012

Mr Sanghvi - Journo or Socialite

There's something odd going on in the Sunday Hindustan Times. It bothered me a little to start with but it has become a clear and present danger. In case you haven't noticed it, I am talking about the Jekyll and Hyde act that Mr Sanghi does in its pages.

He usually write the lead editorial in the broad sheet. This is consistently a piece that is extremely well researched, presents a unique viewpoint that is easy to understand and support. 

And then you turn to the Brunch magazine and his Rude Food section suddenly turns him into some aspiring socialite, desperately trying to drop names and references to his having lived the high life. Objectivity is thrown to the wind and what we end up with is a almost a personal vendetta or proclamations of ever lasting friendship that should really be restiricted to his personal letters and not for publication. 

If you jumble the letter in his name it becomes "Raving Shiv".


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