I too have watched many of his shows. my general impression about Vijaya Kumar is that he is a wonderful person at heart. i still recall one of the shows where he interviewed a poor widow in a village who was living under massive hardship with her only daughter. The interview was really very emotional and it did bring tears to my eyes as well. After making a debut in the early years of inception of NTV, VK has certainly grown over the years. He used to be very rough, direct and knowledgeless during his previous years. Over the years he has establised himself as one of the better reporters in NTV...so he has come a long way, there is no question about that. I guess he possess a nature which makes him sound and look like a blunt and shameless person and that projects him like an egotist but in fact he is not. i don't know him in person, so this is just my reading of him over the years, a guess out of blue. LooTe