Aside from the priceless fly on the wall revelations it’s affording on matters of state, Barkha Dutt’s book, This Unquiet Land, which recently hit the headlines for its disclosure on the role played by Sajjan Jindal, the industrialist, she’s described as having ‘movie star looks’ (ahem) in Indo-Pak relations, it gives some priceless insights into Dutt’s life as a reporter at the very top of her game.

‘I remember an incident in a district court in Delhi when I had gone to cover the trial of Congress leader Kalpnath Rai, who had been accused of harbouring terrorists,’ reads an exclusive excerpt which landed in our inbox last evening.