He told me about his plans for The Free Press Journal. He seemed to know every political leader and I envied his political savvy. She campaigned vigorously in the state and Janardan Thakur who was the political correspondent of Hindustan Standard Calcutta, covered the poll campaign. Gujarat was a stronghold of the Morarji Desai-led Congress (O) and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was keen to break this stranglehold. Way back in 1975, when I was a staff reporter with the The Times of India, Ahmedabad, I had run into him during a state assembly poll. That was not my first meeting with Thakur. It was his second stint with the paper and he was keen to leave his mark on the paper. That was why I was surprised when Janardan Thakur invited me to come and meet him after he had taken over as the editor of Mumbai's The Free Press Journal. Very few of them have time to spare for poor columnists. Rediff On The NeT: Remembering Janardan ThakurĮditors are busy people.
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