'You want a steady, confident, self-assured and highly skilful hand at the till. 'It is a pity that the BJP has decided to deprive itself of such a hand at this politically sensitive time.' 'It is like sacking your surgeon in the middle of your brain surgery,' says S Muralidharan.
They say that cinema is a reflection of society. If that is true, what kind of society are we living in, asks Paloma Sharma.
Khushwant Singh was a courageous writer. He was a superb mentor of young talent, had great generosity of spirit, was extremely tolerant and was, on many levels, a true secular Indian, says Shobhaa De in a moving tribute.
The second part of journalist Rajdeep Sardesai's interview to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.