Heading into the Congress Party Headquarters, there is a room set up for a media conference with Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi.
The first surprise is that we get given Indian sweets and savouries and a plastic cup of piping hot tea. When did that ever happen at the G20 or anywhere else for that matter?
Abhishek moved seamlessly between perfect high Hindi and perfect high English with plenty of humour thrown in. Once he'd given his statement, the questions came thick and fast, shouted not spoken, and when I tried to stand up and present my question in the quaint old-fashioned way we are taught to behave in the West, he told me not to bother to stand!
I look forward to some more of these. Usually I am out in India or Pakistan on single story assignments and don't have time to be part of the press pack, so I am interested in life as an Indian hack...for a short while.
Friday, 12 February 2010
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3 comments:
Hari,
Since the blog doesn't state that it has a purpose, and doesn't seem to take much of Rani's effort, perhaps it doesn't need a purpose.
I assume the articles by others are things she things she thinks we should be aware of. The occasional note about what her life is like is pretty much normal blog fare.
Since you characterize Rani Singh so negatively, why spend time reading her blog? It is not like there is a shortage of things to read on the Internet, and if you're serious, there are plenty of books to buy as well.
Ray,
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