A room full of journalism students, book lovers and current affairs enthusiasts greeted celebrated Indian media couple Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose at Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2017. The husband and wife reporting team had arrived to take part in a book discussion at the fair, with the forum starting with the authors explaining the subjects of their respective books and taking the time to share some episodes from them.

Talking about his new book on cricket, titled ‘Democracy’s XI,’ Sardesai – a well-known TV anchor who is presently the Consulting Editor at India Today group – said; “I am a romantic when it comes to cricket. I always thought that there should be a book that tells our youngsters that there was a cricket beyond (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni and (Virat) Kohli.”