MJ Akbar, stop with the lying

October 16, 2018 15:01

"It was 1992, Calcutta. I was a trainee in the Telegraph. You had left journalism for politics and had come to visit Calcutta. A group of my colleagues was going to meet you at your hotel. I was asked if I'd like to meet MJ Akbar. Who didn't? Sure. I went along. I met you. It was a fun evening. After that day, you found out my home phone number (from someone else) and started calling me incessantly, asking me to come and meet you at your hotel, always under a thin veil of some work-related discussion. After trying to deflect several of your advances, you finally wore me down. Telling myself to not be old-fashioned, I rang your doorbell." Read the column here.

Tushita Patel writes on working with MJ Akbar. She was a part of the team that started the Asian Age. She resigned in 2000.

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