The last week of 2018 proved eventful, personally. The book I've co-written with former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, 'India Unmade: How the Modi Government Broke the Economy' was launched, and then two days later came the release of the official trailer of 'The Accidental Prime Minister', which I co-wrote, based on Sanjaya Baru's best-selling memoir of when he was media advisor to Dr Manmohan Singh. The ruling BJP shared it on social media and it immediately became controversial – and widely-known.

A laywer friend from Mumbai telephoned and marvelled at how I could release a book that enraged the current PM, Narendra Modi, and soon after be part of a film that would likely irritate his principal opponent, Congress president Rahul Gandhi. It is a sign of the times that journalists aren't allowed to be against all, and that they're expected to take sides.