The Tribune-Chatterati-31st.May10'

HEAT AND POLITICS
The BJP is going through a real tough time. This party was supposed to be the main opposition to the ruling coalition. But unfortunately for the nation it’s been a complete flop show. The new President Nitin Gadkari has still not got used to the heat of either the politics or the mercury rising of the capital. Delhites were really amused when at a rally in Ram Lila Grounds; Gadkari fainted due to heat stroke. Fortunately for him Advani’s Z-category protection men were around who carried Gadkari to Advani’s car which was nearest and gave a cold towel and water. Now in May, Gadkari is in Europe. Officiating him in his absence is Anant Kumar who has always been active as a mediator in the warring groups of the BJP and the Sangh.
Advani in the meantime is all set to get his old favorites back. Jaswant Singh and Uma Bharti are likely to re-join the party. Gadkari too wants the parivaar all around him. Soren in Jharkhand ditched them. Top leaders who want a berth to the Rajya Sabha like Venkaiah, Rudy, Abbas Naqvi and Tarun Vijay are having sleepless nights while Gadkari is cooling off far away from reality.
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WOMEN BEHIND SUCCESSFUL MEN
It is always been said, ‘Behind man’s success is always a woman’. This is an international phenomenon with leaders and successful men all over the world. The former Prime Minister Tony Blair of U.K always claimed that his wife Cherie, a successful lawyer was his best advisor and a critic. Infact she also came out with a critical book about him and his fellow politicians. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo Barbara and Laura Bush are authors too. They both came out with their books while their husbands were the Presidents of America. Hillary Clinton wrote a book when Bill Clinton was the President. And now how can our Indian Prime Minister’s wife will be left behind. Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur is writing a book and author cum columnist Kushwant Singh is involved and so hopefully will not be a boring book. Will she spill any beans? One wonders!
The Prime Minister at a press conference recently claimed that he is advised by not one but two women Sonia Gandhi, the UPA President and his wife Gursharan Kaur. May be that can be a contribution to his success of running a successful coalition government. The Prime Minister’s daughter Upinder, a scholar in her own right, has authored books titled Ancient Delhi and A History and Early Medieval India. Another daughter, Daman, has written a book titled The Last Frontier: People and Forests in Mizoram and a novel titled Nine by Nine.