He began as a cub reporter in local and regional papers, before moving to The Daily Mail (under the editorship of Sir David English) where he covered various international stories, including the Falklands War & a long tenure in Iran; He was then poached by The Sunday Times, under Andrew Neil’s tenure, where he covered many news stories, (such as the Rushdie Fatwa) and compiling the first ever, ‘Asian Rich List’. Currently working for The Daily Telegraph, his beat covers ‘news’ and ‘Special Interest Reports on India. Alongside this, he has written regularly for The Telegraph, Calcutta, reporting UK stories to readers back in India. His regular column, ‘Eye on England’ is followed assiduously by readers and other lifestyle and entertainment journalists. He has also been writing a weekly column for Eastern Eye.