That was a terrible thing to do on the part of India TV’s source. Because with the evening’s exclusives over, viewers had time to ask questions. Questions like should reporters go on air with everything cops and spooks tell them? Or, why don’t journalists instead ask how come cops and spooks can never catch the Fayazes and the Riazes before they strike but can tell us within hours of the incident what they had been up to?

But the really important question is this, and it should be asked of India TV. Why didn’t it get Rahul Mahajan to address the nation after the Mumbai blasts?

India TV took us to Rahul’s engagement and asked him on behalf of the nation what message he had for us. We wondered along with India TV how sublimely significant it was that the privations of Lord Ram and Rahul during their respective exiles were so similar. So, why did we miss out on Rahul’s thoughts when the country needed solace? Where was Rahul Mahajan at the time of a national crisis?

If you asked five different news channels, you would have got five different answers.