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CAPLOOKS
Mine Field
 Delhi:
The Kudremukh iron mines in the Western Ghats are located in one of
the18 most eco-sensitive areas in the world. Union Environment Minister
T.R. Baalu wants them shifted lock, stock and barrel within five years.
Union Minister for Mines Sunderlal Patwa and Minister of State for Steel
B.K. Tripathi want 20 more years to exploit the iron ore. But Baalu is
adamant. The battle has already reached the Supreme Court. The Steel and
Mines ministries have also approached the PMO with a request to intercede-a
tricky matter, given the DMK's importance in the NDA's scheme of things.
Follow The Leader
Ahmedabad: After Vajpayee, who? Well,
Narendra Modi. The BJP's national general secretary had a cassette of
musical compositions based on his poems released at an RSS function to
honour swayamsevaks over 75 years in Ahmedabad recently. The poems were
a tribute to the founder of the RSS in Gujarat, Laxmanrao Inamdar, who
groomed Modi during his formative years. Modi followed this with a moving
speech in which he called the aged swayamsevaks tapasvis (sages). That's
one over rival Keshubhai.
Cascade Tripping
Delhi: The Vajpayee Government's plans
to appoint Ronnen Sen, Indian ambassador to Germany, as high commissioner
to Pakistan in place of Vijay Nambiar are stuck. That's because Nambiar,
who was to succeed Kamlesh Sharma as India's permanent representative
to the UN, has to wait a year for his appointment; Sharma has been given
an extension by Delhi. At least two other bureaucrats are caught in this
non-moving diplomatic jam. Mercifully these people don't control the traffic.
Losing Their Shirts
 Chennai:
In protest against non-inclusion of anyone from his Dalit community
in the state Cabinet, MLA M. Rajan appeared bare-chested in the Assembly.
His "indecent" protest drew howls of protest from women members.
The Speaker has noted his "shirtless presence".
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