A Rude LIfe: The Memoir

by Vir Sanghvi

Overview

Vir Sanghvi's has been an interesting life - one that took him to Oxford, movie and political journalism, television and magazines - and he depicts it with the silky polish his readers expect of him. In A Rude Life, he turns his dispassionate observer's gaze on himself, and in taut prose tells us about all that he's experienced, and nothing more for he's still a private man. He unhurriedly recounts memories from his childhood and college years, moving on to give us an understanding of how he wrote his biggest stories, while giving us an insider's view into the politics and glamour of that time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780670095391
Publisher:	Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Publication date:	11/01/2021
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Vir Sanghvi is a veteran journalist who was the editor of Hindustan Times from 1999 to 2004, before being promoted to editorial director, a post he held till 2007, after which he continued at the paper as a columnist. His television career has included several award-winning shows on the Star TV network, NDTV, Discovery and other channels. He has a parallel career as India's leading food and travel writer.

Table of Contents

1 'Who Does The Queen Go To?' 1

2 'I Can Put You In Jail Again' 7

3 'You Are My Link With The Future' 16

4 'You Can Bathe On Mondays And Fridays' 21

5 'Isn't There Anything British About You?' 28

6 The Great Undergraduate Extravaganza 33

7 'Backward Ran Sentences Until Reeled The Mind' 39

8 'My Sweet Lord' 44

9 'A Little Russian Boy 49

10 'There Is A Man In A "Doe-Tee" At Reception' 56

11 'Don't Sing So Close To Me' 61

12 'Do You Think I Am Short?' 67

13 The Angry Middle-Aged Man 74

14 Taking The Plunge 81

15 Morarji Desai And His Papers 85

16 'Why Don't You Ask Gianiji Yourself?' 92

17 Main Hoon Don 98

18 'Still A CIA Operation?' 106

19 'Were You Planning On Kissing Me?' 113

20 'A Man Trapped In The Wrong Century' 121

21 'Pondit Here But Cannot Hear' 126

22 'Someone Is Shooting At Us' 131

23 'So All The Astrologers Were Wrong' 139

24 'He Says You Called Him A Nonsense' 145

25 The Curious Case Of The Commissions 151

26 'It's A Funny View Of The World To Think A Book Can Cause Riots' 160

27 The Holiest Spot In Hinduism 171

28 'My Bluddy Swimming Pool!' 178

29 'I Was Young. I Made Mistakes' 186

30 'It's Not An Ashram. It's A Country Club' 194

31 The Raja And His Parrot 200

32 'My Son, I Feel Much Stronger Now' 209

33 'Small-Time Manipulator Masquerading As A Statesman' 215

34 'They Have Destroyed My Movement' 224

35 'I Have Not Yet Taken My Bath' 233

36 From Consulting Editor To Insulting Editor 238

37 'Don't Waste Our Time On These Failures' 243

38 'We Lost By One Vote!' 250

39 'There Is A Breaking News!' 258

40 The Newspaper Wars 264

41 'You Have Become Very Fat' 271

42 'With What Face Can I Stop You?' 277

43 The (Hindustan) Times, It Is A Changing … 283

44 Atlas Bihar Vampire 288

45 'The Wrong Bald Old Man' 295

46 The Man Who Farted At A Funeral 302

47 Tony Never Forgets A Face 311

48 Before 'Editoritis' Sets In … 316

49 Facing The Music 323

50 I Walked On Tip Toes To Keep My Nose Above Water 329

51 'Who Doesn't Want To Be Prime Minister?' 334

52 'Fight Scene!' 340

53 'Musharraf is A Man We Can Do Business With' 350

54 A Patsy In A Corporate War 358

55 'History Will Be Kinder To Me' 367

56 'A Wonderfully Rustic Dish' 376

57 A Car Crash In Slow Motion 383

58 The Twilight Zone 388

59 The Last Dalai Lama 394

60 Food For Thought 401

61 'Vir Is A Little Better Now.' 407

Index 417