She's not being paid by the Lutyens cabal anymore. Nor is she being sent by them on all paid vacations to exotic locations. She's probably pissed off at this and turning her boat around. She knows which side of the bread to butter.
Not sure why Indians always think that someone's aberrant behavior can always be explained by "got paid" reasoning.
There are several other social & political (not always economic) reasons why people do what they do.
Indians unfortunately grow up with an obsession to please their
imaginary 'English speaking white friend'. Most relate their actions and speech on how they would be judged by their
imaginary 'English speaking white friend' (if they don't already have a real one). They hardly relate to India from an Indian perspective, they take pride in seeing India from a Westerners perspective. This perspective has been subliminally imbued into Indian psyche by Lutyens like elite in all parts of India (who take pride in referring to Indians as 'bloody Indians' - an artifact that they slavishly inherited from the British).
This unfortunate psyche is further perpetuated as a result of Indians learning Indian history, arts and humanities from Western authors. I've normally noticed that Indians going into science streams are relatively unaffected by this syndrome.
One testament to the above syndrome is Barkha's own show few days ago. Just because Alabama state senate introduced an anti-abortion bill, Barkha thought it fit to have a ONE HOUR show on abortion laws in India (abortion has always been legal in Independent India; no change has happened recently and no change is petitioned by any Indian on this front)!
So, don't look at these are 'stooges paid' by an anti-Indian cabal, but just folks diseased by an affliction to always
'look relevant and look good' to the (imaginary) Westerners!!
