Why I can no longer laugh at Arnab Goswami
July 29, 2016  13:52
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When does a joke stop being funny?Arnab Goswami has always been something of a joke. For Anglophone India, its highest-rated newsman has always been entertainment -- less a real person, more a parcel of self-righteous hot air trapped inside an awful suit. When he comes up in conversation, we roll our eyes.

"Too much shouting,' we say smugly, or "too many guests'. We speculate on whether he gets tired of playing the part of a sanctimonious scold, and make jokes about the "voice of the Nation". Sure, he's powerful -- but he's also a joke.At some point in the recent past, the joke stopped being amusing. Read more
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