•Hello and welcome to walk the talk. I am Shekhar Gupta and my guest this week…well the rock star of news media…Amar Singh ji welcome to ‘Walk the Talk’.

Thank you Shekhar

•You know this walk the talk has taken a long time happening because we always keep looking for the right moment.

okay. No problem.

•And sometimes it start we try to avoid a moment but I think this is a moment we could not have avoided.

Thank you very much.

•So any time is as good as any to talk

Yes very good…very well said.

•So how do you look at ur situation—a complete turnaround …from being completely isolated to the centre of attraction.

I don’t think that I have become centre of attraction Shekhar because …it’s a matter of…of perception for outsiders. How they look at it. As far as I am concerned I was not very sad when I was not centre of attraction and I am not very euphoric when I become centre of attraction because it is very perceptional it is not real and…

•But perceptions matter in public life…

Yes. it matters and of course in public life or in any life…. even in business… perception…

•Public life, corporate life

Corporate life

•Social life

Social life

•Politico-public-corporate-social life isn’t it?

Yes, Yes I agree with you. So I am not denying that but you ask me how do I feel? I don’t feel anything great because when perception was not that good…

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