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Tablet for MPs, no relief for aam aadmi

Uma Sudhir

By T S Sudhir   Dear civil society fellow Indians, may be, just may be, our politicians need not be summarily condemned as a bad lot after all. They may have their heart in the right place. And it apparently beats for our environment. Now say kudos ! I say this after reading a Hindustan Times news report yesterday that said each MP will be given a tablet by the Parliament Secretariat. Or, if they choose to purchase it themselves, the cost will be reimbursed. Burden on the exchequer : 50000 rupees multiplied by 552 LS and 250 RS members. … Continue reading Tablet for MPs, no relief for aam aadmi

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C.M. in Tamilnadu

Uma Sudhir

By T S Sudhir Parent-teacher meetings during my days in school used to take place on the second Saturday of every month. In the corridors of power in Indraprastha, a working Monday is more convenient specially when the parent is a powerful donor to the school. So 3rd May it was when Dr Muthuvel Karunanidhi came to meet UPA school prinicipal Sonia Gandhi and class teacher Dr Manmohan Singh, accompanied among others, by son Muthuvel Karunanidhi Azhagiri, who was moved to this elite school in Delhi last year, to take up the subject of chemicals and fertilisers. But whether Sonia … Continue reading C.M. in Tamilnadu