>> He is one of India’s most dynamic editors and certainly its most visible. And even though Indian Express’ Editor in-Chief Shekhar Gupta’s impeccable track record for accuracy has somewhat been under attack after his paper put the C-word on its front page (though going by Gen V K Sharma’s subsequent post-retirement activism perhaps Gupta wasn’t so off the mark) Gupta is still one of India’s most respected journalists. We have seen him being accosted at public places by strangers who want to shake his hand, seek his insights (ah that perennial question that no Delhi editor can escape “What’s happening in Delhi?”) we have been in the audience as rapturous crowds applaud his lectures, and we have observed how leaders of state and captains of industry afford him their confidences. Which is why we knew that Shekhar Gupta’s Diwali party at his home would be a standout affair in ‘saadi Dilli’s’ social calendar.