Monday, May 24, 2010

The Tribune-Chatterati-24th.May10'

CONGRESS PUTS ALLIES IN THEIR PLACE
Delhites thrive on politics. An evening gathering for them is very rarely to talk about culture. They all assume sitting in their drawing rooms while sipping wine, they can form or dissolve governments. At the moment the topic is the UPA-II’s performance in the last one year. The mutual agreement after heated arguments is that the Congress is the strongest political party and remains united under the Nehru-Gandhi leadership. Alarming is how some senior Congress men including some ministers have been freely giving opinions on the running of their colleague’s department. The intellectual technocrat our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, everyone feels is a firm believer of Mahatma Gandhi’s “Hear no evil, See no evil and Talk no evil”. The UPA President Sonia Gandhi has wisely chosen her advisors who are low key; honest to her and know the pulse of everything.
Delhites are in awe of the Congress at the moment as to how the high command has managed in a subtle mature manner to put their arrogant regional alliance partners in their places. What is pending? Is the long awaited A.I.C.C re-shuffle along with the Cabinet re-shuffle? Hopefully the Congress high command will keep in mind that egoistic ministers with loud mouths really don’t pay in the long run.
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PRANAB SAVES THE DAY
Who is the real boss in the Congress? The day the Budget Session of Parliament got over, both Mrs. Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh thanked Pranab Mukherjee for helping the Government emerge unscathed from a stormy Parliament session. This Bengali Tiger, the main Congress troubleshooter really saved the Government from a lot of embarrassment. The Prime Minister and Congress President heaved a sigh of relief and lauded Mukherjee for his floor management and thanked him for getting the Finance Bill passed. Later, while chatting with Mukherjee in the Speaker’s chamber, Mrs. Gandhi told him, “Boss, you must be tired. You should take some leave.” Well, now we know that Sonia does give credit where it is due, while being grateful and respects seniority which is rare in today’s politics.
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FASHION SHOW BY KIDS
India is the new hub for everything. We know that even the toddlers today are more savvy and aware of the international world than my generation was. As the holiday season in Delhi starts international brands of kids clothing are busy hosting fashion shows. The models are from 3 to 10 years old. The hottest selling show stopper is Sushmita Sen’s daughter Renee. How can Indian designers be left behind. Ritu Beri has her daughter always on show when she has a fashion show for kids. They have ranges from swimsuits to lehenga-cholis and salwaar-kameez. The fashion shows are held in Mc-Donalds, ice-cream parlors and five star hotel’s swimming pools.
The mothers accompanying are dressed to kill in their shorts and designer sunglasses. They are there to cheer their kids along. New age, new trends. Actually to see the kids in this scorching heat modeling while they should be playing indoor games is not a pleasing sight while pushy wanna be mothers urge them on. During our time we were sent to Kathakali classes, paintings, shlokas learning and music so that we were in touch with our culture. Those kids are well informed about the designer and the prices of their outfits. Where is the innocence that we all loved in our children?

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