Even by journalist standards, this particular reporter was dressed pretty shabbily and turned up at the Bhubaneswar airport looking muddy, smelly, unshaven and with parts of his footwear held together with cellophane tape.
So, it wasn’t surprising that he attracted a lot of attention at the airport. The security officer gave him a body search twice and, after wondering why he had the cellophane tape, decided not to take a chance with the country’s skies. He asked him upfront, “Are you sure you’re not a Naxalite?”