The Gall

Watched with interest Arnab Goswami interview Anna Hazare between 2030 and 2100 hrs last night. It was gratifying to see that the septuagenarian did not falter even once during the grilling at the hands of this seasoned anchor. Arnab did not spare a chance to trip the simple man. He was worse than the BBC's Hard Talk veteran Tim Sebastian in so far as his tone, tenor and language, bordering on the impudent, carefully adding "Ji" to Anna but smiling all the same when he thought he had asked a difficult question. Wonder if Arnab will ever treat a ruling party member or a minister with such tone that bordered on rudeness and I say this after having watched him question Mr Pranab Mukherji who is usually quite short tempered.