CP Surendran

Hard-Nosed But Sensitive Reporter Meets Reluctant Leader

Q: So, where are we going? A: Where are we going?   Q: Where are you going? A: I? Me?   Q: The Opposition. A: That. We will wear black. We will walk all over Delhi in protest.   Q: Walking is good for health, and consumes no fossil fuel. A: It is, isn’t it? […]

Between Hope and Bullshit: A Night-Out In Mumbai

On Tuesday, I was in Mumbai to collect some money that Producer owed me for developing a patriotic story into a script. Producer had paid for the air ticket and the hotel stay but then had run out of money by the time I landed a regular Bollywood occurrence. Hope and bullshit. Producer had tried […]

Elon Musk, Mahua Moitra, And The Still Centre

As of last week, Elon Musk fired his reverse boosters and backed out from his globally publicized offer to buy Twitter for USD 44 billion. Libertarians all over the world had hoped Musk would be striking a blow for free speech. Musk frequently said that Twitter, which he likens to a noisy public square in […]