Missing the Wood for the Trees

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Right now, there's no denying it, the big news is Mahajan Jr's fall from grace. Though the powers that be have of course known all along about young Rahul's propensity for the wild life, it's only now that he's relatively defenceless that it's a free for all. That and the fact that his unfortunate fall occurred in full view of the entire fourth estate. That couldn't have helped. But even more tragically, Indian publishing has just lost one of its stalwarts. Ravi Dayal...in memoriam. Ok first off, I admit, I'd only spoken to him twice, and both times he blew me off as some sort of pesky fly (or media type) but nevertheless, Mr D was so much a part of the publishing establishment in this country, despite being a one-man army, The bidi/jhola/legendary gentlemanliness were as much a part of his image as the discovery of....