Mr. Vinod Mehta is no more and his mortal remain has already been
consigned to flame. There would be only gone by past which off course constrain
to think over him for a bit of moment. But, it would be ever very difficult to
ponder over the nuances of politics as well as journalism without making an
assessment about him as he too much indulged himself into this aura. One ought
not to forget that he himself has gone across to many eventual things of this
country. Credit goes to him for bringing cultural liberty in journalism. None
could dare for this except of him. He is the person who dare to publish of
DEBONAIR of which many of us used to go through with jest. Who can forget of
his having trait of signature style of peculiar flairness and frankness whilst
writing as an editor in Times Of India. It was he who ventured to go beyond set
up convention in journalism. It does not matter for now that he gone away to
other world. Had he been alive today then I would have dared to say so even in
his presence. A void has been created where no one put himself like him. He
created a halo around himself which would ever be witnessed by one and all. One
will ever miss him either looking for candid frankness or for eruption of
controversy as such sort of genre has been ever of late Mr. Vinod Mehta, a
Lucknow Boy.
