Karan Thapar's book hits the stands
From IBNLive.com

New Delhi: Journalist Karan Thapar is known more for his in-your-face interviews, but he does have another side as a columnist.

As Thapar's weekly column is all set to celebrate a decade of musings, he has come up with a collection of some 70 of his best columns in a book called Sunday Sentiments.

BJP leader L K Advani launched the book in New Delhi on Friday.

Though the veteran politician wasn't in the mood to make any political statements he was more than happy to talk about the book.

"It's a very good book, extremely pleasant. The kind of aggression that has become part of his TV personality is not there," said Advani.

And the journalist/author is far from finished with the people he interviews.

He has an interesting list of five people that he would like to chat with sometime in the near future.

"I would love to interview George Bush, because he's the president of the US. Then there is Elizabeth Taylor, because she's been one of my favourite actresses ever since I can remember. Also I would someday like to interview the Queen, because I'd love for her to make me a duke or knight," says Thapar.

He says that he would like to chat with Lata Mangeshkar even though he can't speak Hindi.

"She sings beautifully and that's reason enough to want to interview her. Also I would love to interview myself, to see if I could take it," he laughs.

Sunday Sentiments captures the mellower side of the king of Hard Talk. And it's perfect reading for the bookworm to capture over a weekend.