At a kiosk in the shadow of a tall office building, he would snack on samosas and gossip about national politics with fellow journalists puffing out rings of smoke.A star with one of India’s leading independent TV networks, Kumar remained a down-to-earth journalist from a humble background who was popular with his colleagues and audience alike.But last month Kumar’s 26-year-long association with NDTV ended abruptly, not long after Gautam Adani—the third richest man in the world behind Bernard Arnault and Elon Musk—became the majority shareholder in the company.“The Roys [NDTV’s founders] never asked me what topic to debate on the show or what line to take,” Kumar told Foreign Policy.But how can a channel, bought by a corporat[ion] whose success is seen to be linked to contracts granted by the government, now criticize the government?"