An
original Dilliwallah, W.D. Mathur,
better known as Bobby, was born and brought up in Chira Khana (now called Har
Dayal Street), near Nai Sarak in Old Delhi. He did his post-graduation in
Economics from Hindu College, Delhi. He retired as Bureau Chief, The Indian Express, New Delhi, where he
worked for twenty-five years. He was a witness and a reporter during the
Emergency in 1975, and subsequent emergence and fall of the Janata Party
regime. He was president of the Press
Club of India and a member of the Central Press Accreditation Committee,
Government of India, for two terms.
