Damp squib

IN Media Watch Briefs | 16/04/2010

While almost all the TV channels remain busy chasing Tharoor and his bete noir Lalit Modi, Shekhar Gupta has managed to walk the talk with Sania and Shoaib Malik. However the viewer had to strain the ears to hear Shoaib whose voice was lost somewhere between the noise from passing vehicles and the irritating giggling fits of his wife. Who, in any case, did all the talking. While the questions to Sania were in English, Mr. Gupta switched over to Hindi when addressing the husband.

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