New National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon is not talking. “I am paid to keep my mouth shut,” he quipped to some eager beaver reporters when asked for an interview.
Menon said he believes in doing his job quietly and pointed out that even in his previous avatar as foreign secretary he never gave a single interview.
His attitude stands out in sharp contrast to his predecessor M.K. Narayanan who enjoyed publicity and relished all the media attention. Whenever he had something important to say, which was quite often, Narayanan would appear on Karan Thapar’s the “Devil’s Advocate” programme.
Maybe the influential Thapar should use his contacts and resources to net Menon. Going by what he says, Menon may be a hard nut to crack.
rounak