Arnab Goswami’s kid goes on strike, Newshour faces lockout

In a shocking development Times Now Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami’s 8 year old son Pappu Goswami has gone on an indefinite strike since Friday evening, according to a news report. The New Delhi datelined report issued by a wire agency claims that Pappu has asked his father to tender an unconditional apology to his mother, if Arnab wanted to get things back to normal.

So who exactly is Pappu Goswami? He is the tiny tot who writes those eloquent essays that Arnab blurts out every weeknight at 9 at the start of his show. He grabbed headlines as a close friend of the Goswamis leaked out the well guarded secret in the aftermath of 26-11. Pappu was indeed behind those long speechs(essays) and used to write them after coming home from school and finishing his homework. Arnab has neither denied nor discounted these reports since then.

“It was a burden on me. I had to let the truth out. I had seen the kid (Pappu) writing those long essays with ease and handing them over to Arnab for a Bourneville. I simply couldn't live with the fact that I was letting all this happen. I could only sleep peacefully once I had disclosed the truth. Ofcourse I had to forgo my friendship with Arnab after the incident and he even sent a detailed questionnaire containing 26 questions for me and in the footer there was a line which said ‘the nation wants to know’. I just ignored the letter and moved away from Arnab’s neighbourhood,” Khemkhaeng Mongkut (the close friend who revealed the secret...we have changed his name to protect his identity) said.

Pappu's spokesperson says that he was upset with the way his father was treating his mom. “One day, Pappu came home and saw Arnab writing down 33 questions and posing them to his mother while adjusting his glasses. Arnab was apparently angry that Mrs. Arnab had cooked dal and chappati for lunch and Arnab was having chappati for the third day in a row, which made him lose his temper. Arnab was repeatedly asking his wife – the nation needs to know what’s going on, Mrs. Goswami and you cannot ignore these questions and this made Pappu uncomfortable. He had seen his father getting angry more often than needed and wanted to convey a message to Arnab and that’s why Pappu has decided not to write any more essays till his father behaves and issues an apology,” Pappu’s spokesperson said.

Other sources claim that the strike was orchestrated by Arnab’s rival Barkha Dutt. These sources claim that Arnab had intensified his attack on Bhakha and was giving more coverage to her role in 2G scam in the last few episodes of Newshour. When Humor Unplugged questioned Bharkha on the incident, she threatened to have Humor Unplugged shut down 'in the next 2 hours'.

Meanwhile Times Now is contemplating shutting down Newshour till the matter is sorted out amicably. Arnab Goswami could not be reached for comment.

Arnab questioning Bharkha Dutt on the strike

Arnab with Mrs Arnab (file pic)