Some readers (Letters to the Editor, July 17) need not have responded strongly to the article, “Surprised by Jayalalithaa” (OpEd page, July 16). The writer, Karan Thapar, is well known for asking straight questions. There could be some bias in his questions, but one cannot accuse him of giving us condescending interviews — which one gets to see often on a number of TV channels.
M. Balakrishnan,
Bengaluru