Alone And Unaided Now

Author:
First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 5, May 2011

 

In Delhi, Kanimozhi vacated her room in Tamil Nadu House, which she had held as a privilege of being the daughter of the then chief minister M Karunanidhi. Kanimozhi moved to 601, Swarnajayanthi Flats on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, allotted to her as a Rajya Sabha MP. And she walked alone and put her luggage in the car. No Tamil Nadu House employee came forward to assist her. It's lonely at the bottom as well.

 

The comeback conundrum

 

When CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and environment minister Jairam Ramesh ran into each other recently, Ramesh couldn't resist taking a dig at the comrade. He asked him how he would get re-elected to the Rajya Sabha since his term was coming to an end. Mamata Banerjee's sweep of West Bengal and the Left's loss of Kerala left him little scope, Ramesh pointed out. Yechury's retort, “You too have to worry, sir." The Congress is in trouble in Andhra Pradesh as Jaganmohan Reddy has retaken Kadapa. Ramesh, originally from Karnataka, has been elected to the upper house from AP. Not quite at home anymore. Read the full report here.

 

Source: Hindustan Times.

join the conversation