A tribute to my very first editor! Shocked by the news of demise of my first editor, Darryl d'Monte. His tips and guidance immensely helped me in my writings during my formative years as a journalist -1989-90. A thorough professional, his daily post mortems of published reports in the newspaper (Times of India, Bombay) were incisive and unbiased. I remain to him grateful for his support to me when after my interviews of VP Singh soon after he became the prime minister and before that his half brother a day earlier, when I was still a trainee journalist, became an eyesore to many seniors in the TOI. They had gheraoed Darryl and accused him of favouring me...That how a fresher can get such a prestigious assignment! The protest had resulted in Union-sponsored ban on my entry to the newspaper's office premises for many days. He stood by me and also ensured I was made comfortable by sending seniors Anupam Goswami (who later became the editor of Business India) and Prof Hasna
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