--- Karan Thapar
More Salt Than Pepper is a collection of newspaper articles, that one typically finds in editorial page on Sundays, written by Karan Thapar, an acclaimed journalist, over the years.
The author was born in a high-profile family. Romila Thapar, a distinguished historian (or an infamous historian according to Sangh Pariwar) is his cousin, and a close relative of him was married to a niece of Nehru. That would naturally have given him access to several things, right since he was a child. The topics include his childhood memories (being son of a high ranking Indian defense official and relative of Gandhi family, a rich childhood in many ways), his journalistic journey, experiences in London as a student and journalist, his interviews with the who-is-who of India for the last 20 years etc., Though one can find a clear bias towards congress and aversion towards BJP and Sangh Pariwar, most of the articles bring out interesting perspectives that one can be identified with.
There are several silly articles too, about neckties, e-mail forwards of poor jokes that are not in good taste etc., But, those can be overlooked considering that it is a compilation of articles written over many years. So, if one is a fan of those witty articles in Sunday newspapers in editorial sections, this book comes with around a 50 of them and makes a good quick read.
One of my fastest reads in the recent past.
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