The stunning ANN7 insider tell-all book from Rajesh Sundaram, Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, is suddenly back at Jacana after 4 years, that finally published the explosive tell-all page-turner.

The stunning and explosive ANN7 (DStv 405) insider tell-all book from the former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram has made an unexpected publication return to Jacana publishers where Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV was suddenly published on Tuesday with big-buzz revelations after Jacanda gave up on the apparently too-hot-to-handle expose in June 2014.

Interestingly the title of Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, has remained exactly the same.

The book is now for sale at R185 and contains jaw-dropping revelations from Rajesh Sundaram about the shocking machinations behind the scenes at the controversial "Gupta news" channel that MultiChoice rushed on-air in 2013 and was an immediate disaster, and is now getting canning at the end of August from DStv.

The former ANN7 editor who fled ANN7 and then South Africa had, and has embarrassing stories about the tumultuous launch period of ANN7 which started in August 2013 under highly embarrassing circumstances, damaging the brands of Multichoice and ANN7.

In Indentured it Rajesh Sundaram lifts the lid on the highly embarrassing ANN7, and the alleged in-fighting and other operational scrambling which took place in the three months before ANN7 made its shocking on-air launch in 2013, and the time after.

Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV was originally supposed to be published by Jacana by Christmas 2013.

At the time TVwithThinus said that "the book, if eventually published, would make for a compelling read, and provide must-read insights into a fascinating world where news, money, politics, egos and deadlines collided into a toxic cocktail of scandalous spectacle."

"Rarely has so much money been thrown into a new media and television in South Africa, involving the politically connected Gupta family, the world of news, news gathering and a new 24-hour TV news channel, with intense pressure and deadlines, a lack of skills and talent behind the scenes, and severe management problems culminating in scandal."

In June 2014, Jacana told TVwithThinus that it is no longer moving forward with Indentured, but didn't specify reasons.

It's very likely that legal reservations about the content was just too big at the time. 

Now, after the avalanche of State Capture allegations linked to the controversial Gupta family, shocking #GuptaLeaks, incriminating emails and warrants of arrest for the Guptas and their associates, as well as highly damaging revelations of dubious payments and interactions between Naspers MultiChoice pay-TV business, ANN7 and the Guptas, the public tide has turned against the Guptas who are mired in scandals and widespread allegations of corruption.

This likely made Jacana willing - possibly even eager - to now revisit Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV and its publication.

Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV will definitely be a can't-put-it-down page turner for anyone working in television, and anyone interested in the TV biz and especially in the inner workings of TV news channels.

Rajesh Sundaram, who currently lives in Chennai, India, was a senior broadcast journalist from India who was headhunted to lead the team to set up ANN7. He however quickly discovered how then-president Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzuma was hellbent on creating ANN7 as a propaganda channel along with the Guptas on MultiChoice's DStv platform.

Rajesh Sundaram discovered that The Guptas and Jacob Zuma were "inextricably linked in a bid to create a propaganda tool that will not only advance a clear political agenda, but also position itself to loot state coffers of millions of rand". 

ANN7 explosive tell-all book, Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, from Rajesh Sundaram moving to a possible new publisher.

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The awaited explosive tell-all book and first person account of Rajesh Sundaram, Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, of the troubled start-up times at the South African 24-hour TV news channel ANN7, will no longer be published by Jacana and talks are underway with a new possible publisher.

The former ANN7 editor who fled ANN7 and then South Africa had, and has embarrassing stories about the tumultuous launch period of ANN7 which started in August 2013 under highly embarrassing circumstances and was an on-air disaster.

In Indentured it Rajesh Sundaram lifts the lid on the highly embarrassing ANN7, and the alleged infighting and other operational scrambling which took place in the three months before ANN7 made its shocking on-air launch in 2013.

He said that the book would/will be "a factual account of my experience working in South Africa and for the Gupta family". ANN7 became known as "Gupta TV" and "Gupta News".

Jacana told me earlier this month that it will no longer be moving forward with Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, but didn't specify any reasons.

Rajesh Sundaram's book was due out at Christmas 2013 already, but earlier this year there were apparently some legal reservations.

A new publisher in South Africa told me earlier this month that they are now reviewing Rajesh Sundaram's manuscript with a view to publish it.

The book, if eventually published, would make for a compelling read, and provide must-read insights into a fascinating world where news, money, politics, egos and deadlines collided into a toxic cocktail of scandalous spectacle.

Rarely has so much money been thrown into a new media and television in South Africa, involving the politically connected Gupta family, the world of news, news gathering and a new 24-hour TV news channel, with intense pressure and deadlines, a lack of skills and talent behind the scenes, and severe management problems culminating in scandal.

ANN7 to sue Rajesh Sundaram planning to write a tell-all about the 'Gupta News' start-up; fled editor says legal action is a gag attempt.

The ongoing blooper-filled South African 24-hour TV news channel ANN7 (DStv 405) now plans to take the former senior ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram to court who fled the "GuptaTV" news operation based in Midrand in September shortly after its disastrous launch, claiming irregularities, inexperienced staff and intimidation.

Rajesh Sundaram is writing an explosive tell-all book, provisionally entitled Indentured, revealing insider's details about the alleged amateurish and unprofessional ANN7's start-up months just prior to its launch on MultiChoice's DStv platform in September.

ANN7, nicknamed "GuptaTV and Gupta News" is run by Infinity Media, cash-flushed by the politically connected Gupta family and president Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane Zuma.

On Friday ANN7 indicated it will take legal action against Rajesh Sundaram who was a senior executive there and a consulting editor, for what it calls the "hiccups" ANN7 experienced when the news channel started to broadcast.

Infinity Media claims that Rajesh Sundaram is responsible for the problems ANN7 experienced during its launch due to neglecting his duties.

ANN7 launched with a myriad of on-air mistakes making use of on-air, production and technical personnel who apparently have little television and TV news experience. Infinity Media didn't respond to a media enquiry.

Rajesh Sundaram says the looming legal battle is a gag attempt to try and prevent him from exposing the irregularities at ANN7 he was aware of such as workers from India working in South Africa without having obtained the proper visas.