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On ‘Republic’ And Shouting To Be Heard: What Arnab Goswami Revealed Recently
Arnab Goswami (Wikimedia Commons)
The media group Dainik Bhaskar recently organised an event in Jaipur to commemorate its 20 years in the business. The event hosted a number of speakers, one of whom was the former editor-in-chief of Times Now, Arnab Goswami.
Goswami opened up on a host of subjects, ranging from his upcoming new venture Republic, to his struggles early on in his profession, to why he shouts.
On his struggles
Goswami recalled an incident from the time of the 1996 elections. He said he was manhandled by the “political stooge of the then CPI(M) bosses” after interviewing former CPI(M) politician Jyoti Basu. He said his camera was snatched from him and he was pushed against the wall. He asked his fraternity present there for help but didn’t receive any. So he chose to fight his battle alone, he said, asking for an apology from Prakash Karat and receiving it.
He also brought up a time when he was asked to go back and apologise to a law minister when he was a reporter with NDTV. He said the minister had called up the news channel after he had asked him a tough question about his wrongdoing.
On the importance of the digital medium
Goswami said the big push towards digital is leading to democratisation of information. “If anyone tries to stop us, we have 13 other ways of reaching the audience,” he added.
On Republic
Goswami also vowed to never let down the faith of the people until his very last day in this profession.
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