Anchor on the mat

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/06/2015

On Sunday morning, India Today TV, tables were turned. Baba Ramdev put Rahul Kanwal, its anchor through yoga postures for about 15 minutes, with abundant praise before a select studio audience at the Taj Palace hotel, including making him bend backwards. Any attempt at clever interventions were blunted by a smiling baba, showing that a guest can get the better of the anchor - not a common thing on TV.

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