Several relatives asked me why Arnab Goswami left Times Now, but no one seemed bothered that Ravish Kumar was going to be off air because the government decided to punish NDTV India for flimsy reasons. On Friday night, Kumar hosted a special pantomime show that spoke volumes

Chhath puja is that time of year when a lot of my middle-class Bihari relatives gather and argue politics. Political argumentation is what made me a journalist.