Karan-struck!

Most of the time, when I see Karan Thapar interviewing an important person, I will be immersed in awe due to his vast repertoire of knowledge, his unique style of questioning coupled with his charisma. I have been seeing his shows, earlier HardTalk India in BBC and now Devil's Advocate in CNN IBN, though not regularly.

Last week, he interviewed Mr. Sitaram Yechury of CPI-M about the latest & hottest topic - Indo-US nuclear deal. This is most happening topic, which perhaps decides our government's future and India's energy needs and it is the headline grabber in almost all the newspapers and TV new channels at present. I think, this will continue until some outcome emerges and before it fades away from the short term public memory. After watching the interview, you will be struck with two things. First, you will be awestruck with how Karan Thapar blasts his guest with pertinent questioning backed up with his wide knowledge in Indo-US N deal and second, you will be lightning struck how really, our political leaders want to bring positive changes to the country, setting aside their ideologies.

Mr. Yechury went on lambasting during the interview, at one point he asks Karan Thapar to speak like an Indian! Obviously, he lost his ground in the interview and at the same time Karan Thapar also showed unusual but subtle motive to 'prove a point' on the show. A mixed response in the comment section of the video says it all.