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CAPLOOKS
DELHI
Saddled With Work
 Indians
who travel abroad inevitably go with a shopping list. Jaswant Singh, foreign
and defence minister, went to Washington DC determined to visit neighbouring
Virginia to buy saddles for his horses. Unfortunately, the plans came
to naught when President George Bush invited him for an unscheduled 40-minute
meeting. Between the call of country and love of horses, Jaswant didn't
have much of a choice. Last heard, he was consoling his mounts-and looking
at mail-order catalogues from Virginia.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Officially In The Fray
In the past, many bureaucrats-including the
controversial chief election commissioner T.N. Seshan-have tested their
electoral fortunes, but only after retiring. In Kerala, there is someone
who has resigned from his job to contest the polls. M.S. Joseph was the
state's chief electoral officer, but when polls were announced, instead
of overseeing them, he decided to jump into the fray. His candidature,
as a Left Front candidate from Idukki constituency, has prompted Congressmen
to wonder whether he was ever impartial.
PATNA
Without A Care In The World
Neither the burgeoning dissidence in the party
nor the prospect of a short term in a Jharkhand jail (that's where the
fodder scam cases were registered) deters Laloo Prasad Yadav from having
a good time. Last week, the RJD supremo and his party spokesman Shivanand
Tiwari spent more than three hours watching "launda naach" (male
dance) near Hanuman temple on Patna's Bailey Road. Never mind if it meant
half the road getting jammed with the curious crowd.
LUCKNOW
Image Matters
 Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh obviously believes in gimmicks. The
state Information Department recently published a "magazine"
which, cover to cover, sang his praise. Then came the Rajnath Fans Association.
His latest is the decision to adopt a Dalit boy. His soaring image is
making other BJP leaders turn green with envy.
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