You could call it the calm before the storm. Friday, 12
March 1993, was a typical humid day in Bombay, a day when one would rather sit
in the office than suffer the muggy heat outside. I can still recall how I made
my usual calls by noon to see if anything newsworthy was in store. Having drawn
a blank from all quarters, I heaved a sigh of relief and informed the folks at
the head office in Delhi that nothing was happening in Bombay. Several of my
colleagues from other upcountry papers had a
has been a journalist for 28 years, reporting on a wide range of events related to politics, crime, conflict and social change for publications like the Sunday Observer, the Indian Post, the Week, and Pioneer. He was part of the team that launched Outlook magazine and was its senior editor till 2012.)
