“Cheerleaders are still new to the Indian public, and there are occasions when they get too excited... our moves have been toned down for the Indian audience”
“I follow a strict rule—I will only massage till the calf. Aaj ki aurat ka koi bharosa nahin... I politely decline if they ask me to go higher than the calves.”
“Politicians don’t read. They ask others to read to them, often only articles about themselves. I get them the latest political books... I tell them to read at least one page a day”
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle