His statue is one of the largest in the Parliament complex. For example, since it is hard for Aditya to hold a cup or drink from it, he runs the risk of swallowing too much. And what are the short- and long-term reforms India must implement? What kind of government says that we cannot pay compensation because we dont know how many migrants died? For 24x7 updates on Mumbai and Maharashtra, Arun Shourie with wife Anita, his mother, Dayawanti Devasher, and son Aditya, whos in the lap of his father, HD Shourie. So if a stimulus is required, go in for that. In a swift bloodless journalistic coup, Shourie achieved the impossible - exposing Maharashtra's blue-eyed boy, Chief Minister A.R. The inspiration that is Arun Shourie - dailyo.in VANDITA MISHRA: In your latest book, Preparing for Death, there are two strands of renunciation. Dear Arun, there is suffering in the heart of God. The bubble of human self-sufficiency bursts. But the teaching is, at that time, dont focus on the event. Known as a crusader against corruption, he now has a case against him dating back to his time as minister. In you, her suffering becomes the light of life for a whole lot of people, far and near. He has written over twenty-five bestselling books.. I would not be as liberal as the Americans phrase it, The right to free speech is the right to protect the speech which I hate. If somebody is spreading untruth, I would not stand up for his rights That is a short-sighted view But I think people are gravitating to see us, those in the media, as a problem and not as a fortress which needs to be defended. 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But, Arun, your wife is, all that notwithstanding, so very privileged because she has a husband like you. You will not lead. VANDITA MISHRA: Do you feel let down by this regime? The liberals among them, says Ainslie Embree, saw it as "a capitulation to the forces of Islamic obscurantism, a return to the thirteenth century"; the Hindu revivalist critics thought it was "weakening Indian unity". For instance, the lies on social media or Republic TV. While we are talking, Aditya Shourie appears in his wheelchair. He would give you the confidence that you could talk to him without any difficulty or fear of reprisal. But under the guise of free speech, nonsense is being spread. "Irrigators channel water; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters fashion wood; the wise master their minds," he says. He worked there for 6 years and resigned in 1983 to join India Today as a reporter. "Now he is welcomed in restaurants. We become human, baked in no other furnace. Hes increasing the role of the state in everything. I dont think I would have lasted 15 days if I had been inside the regime because there is a character to the regime. Your IP: Similarly, for the inflation rate, I dont think its a wonderful thing for the RBI to just keep sticking out the number and twist all policies to accord with that particular number. Second, is the perversion of discourse. What do you think has gone wrong? However, he has been at odds with the Modi-led BJP and has emerged as one of its most vociferous critics. In the temple of suffering, we are fellow worshippers. And they are swept away by the small little things an official car, being saluted There is a misperception today that Mr Modi is mindful of the RSS. That hasnt been our family experience at all," he says, seated in the book-lined study of his home in West End, a tranquil, leafy suburb where Indias elite live behind high walls and riotous bougainvillaea. [20], After the defeat of the BJP in 2009 general elections, Shourie asked for introspection and accountability within the party. VANDITA MISHRA: Do you have a doubt about the course that you eventually took vis--vis this regime? 68 murdered in Maliana, all accused acquitted 36 years later, residents ask: So who killed our families? I wish you would share yourself with us more often. His world is music, family, family parties," says. When he was a minister, Shourie would take his son to the cafeteria for lunch. Im not looking for a job, a new wife, or a daughter-in-law.. Then governance comes by revelation. So, many things have to be done. Here a few take-aways/main themes/ideas from the book: The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine? And that set a precedent that if you dont do what I want you to do, I will act accordingly I have always felt that more trees are brought down by termites slowly hollowing them out, rather than by the axe. I can never forget your dismounting from the rostrum to wheel up the mangled victims of leprosy to the stage, without even a distant shadow of revulsion. Yet another was a keyboard to allow access to around 50 regularly visited websites on the internet.