Journalism alone could count Bal Thackeray, M. V. Kamath, S. A. Sabavala, Raja Hutheesing and A. F. S. Talyarkhan at the Free Press Journal, Frank Moraes, Sham Lal and N. J. Nanporia in a less inspiring newspaper, and R. K. Karanjia and D. F. Karaka in spectacular corners of their own. In the bylanes of Kala Ghoda were M. F. Husain and K. H. Ara. In what was not yet Bollywood were Balraj Sahni and K. A. Abbas and Bimal Roy and, beyond my immediate ken but within hearing and meeting distance were Ebrahim Alkazi, Nissim Ezekiel, Nani Palkhivala and D. D. Kosambi. One could not ask for a more
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