Exactly an year before, we lost one of India's finest editors. It took some time to digest the fact that Vinod Mehta had indeed left us when I saw the news on TV.
He was far different among the elite panel of Mainstream English Editors, who pose with costly suits and scare us with their verbose writings.
Unearthing infamous 1999 match-fixing scandal, Neera Radia Tapes were some of his important contributions to the Indian Journalism, besides influencing many young journalists like Krishna Prasad, Saba Naqvi, S.Anand and Tarun Tejpal. His commitment towards secularism, clean journalism are unquestionable even among his detractors.
Even though not a great writer, his simple writing, remarkable sense of humour, his vast experience in the journalism field makes his books - Lucknow Boy and Editor Unplugged worth reading. His monthly column Delhi Diary is an absolute delight read which I look forward every month with keen interest.
More than Outlook and his colleagues, I miss this beloved Editor.
He was far different among the elite panel of Mainstream English Editors, who pose with costly suits and scare us with their verbose writings.
Unearthing infamous 1999 match-fixing scandal, Neera Radia Tapes were some of his important contributions to the Indian Journalism, besides influencing many young journalists like Krishna Prasad, Saba Naqvi, S.Anand and Tarun Tejpal. His commitment towards secularism, clean journalism are unquestionable even among his detractors.
Even though not a great writer, his simple writing, remarkable sense of humour, his vast experience in the journalism field makes his books - Lucknow Boy and Editor Unplugged worth reading. His monthly column Delhi Diary is an absolute delight read which I look forward every month with keen interest.
More than Outlook and his colleagues, I miss this beloved Editor.
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