"A website rang me up last evening asking if I would like to express an opinion on the ongoing 'war' between Arnab Goswami and Barkha Dutt on tv and social media. I was tempted, if only because I have a strong opinion on most things and believe silence is not an option in the unethical times we live in. And yet, I pressed the pause button and decided I didn't wish to speak on the issue and aggravate the controversy. Maybe, I was influenced by the fact that both Barkha and Arnab have been former colleagues and I have respected their work. Maybe, having been bitten in the past, I didn't want to join the viper's den which platforms like Twitter have been reduced to: 24 X 7 rage machines where every attempt is made to throw darts at public figures, often under the guise of anonymity. Maybe, I just like to see myself as a nice guy who doesn't wish to see more unpleasantness around him."


Why Rajdeep Sardesai refuses to wade into the Barkha Dutt-Arnab Goswami war. Read