“I don't think so. I don't think any editor can make a difference to a daily paper because more than half, even three quarters is wire material and from correspondents in different places all over the country. And foreign news. And really the only thing the editor has is writing the editorials.”

— Khushwant Singh

I Don't Know One Editor In India Who Is Well-Read

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Indian novelist and journalist 1915–2014

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