

KN would call at any time of the day or night - no apology, no dilly-dallying. The Hindu Group publications on various subjects over the years. I enjoyed the treatment thoroughly and thus learnt to gradually despatch stories to No silos, no air of superiority and suave but demanding of work as if I was reporting to him on an official basis. The Hindu for nearly five decades and I worked with him for over three decades and never once during our entire relationship did he give me the feeling that I was in a different department. The Hindu ’s first Readers’ Editor, who wallowed in verbiage day and night by virtue of his profession, was himself a man of few words.

I write this as Vice-President (retired), Advertisement,
