The Obamas vs. the Sarkozys
Delhites are now used to international leaders travelling to the capital. Last month we had the President of America with his vivausious wife in India and now we have the French President and his model wife. People can not help but compare the two heads of the nation and their wives. The Obama’s have a great chemistry; they are warm, cheerful, witty and humorous. They came; they interacted with the young and the old, they danced and were actually charismatic. Michelle went shopping and showed enthusiasm for every thing she picked up. She was at ease playing the wife of the most powerful man in the world. But, she was also comfortable just letting her hair down at the craft bazaar. The Sarkozy’s on the other hand were actually trying to hard to show that everything is alright. We all know that things have not been very good in their marriage. There is uneasiness even when they are trying to hold hands or look into each other’s eyes it’s like trying too hard. Both the lady’s dressed concretively to their trip too India. But, there is no doubt that Michelle has won hands down. In Paris recently I learnt that this first couple had become figures of amusement to the Parisians.
“Amar’s middle name”
Amar Sing and Mulayam are back in news for all the wrong reasons once again. Delhi is now used to Amar Singh and his controversy. He always had a knack of speaking too much. Amar Singh’s once real power duo Mulayam and Anil Ambani have both drifted away from him. Amar Singh has tried tousle the media saying he has a lot of things on Mulayam which if he divulged in Mulayam would be in jail. Meanwhile Mulayam is on a high with his old buddy and party member Azam Khan’s re-entry into the Samaj wadi party. Mulayam’s son Akilesh Yadav is quite amused by Amar Singh’s old tactics of blackmailing and bulling. He is quite open to the challenge and hopefully for once Amar Singh will not be brave enough to take the challenge. He is already so short of friends at the moment. Maybe Amar Sing’s new party will give him some real power now.
“BJP celebrating in style”
The BJP at the moment seems to be in a celebration mood Rajeev Rudy the spokesperson of BJP held a reception of his nephew’s wedding in the capital. Leaders cutting across party lines were seen walking in and out of this reception. The BJP crowd who were present there right from Advani to Arun Jaitely and Sushma Swaraj. The guests were quite surprised by the two minute presence of Rahul Gandhi and Chidambaram. It is the Congress who believes in courtesy and quite willing to mix around with people belonging to the opposition party also. But the mother of all marriages has been of Gadkari’s son. It was a showoff of power with pomp and show cutting across party lines. There was Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Ashok Chavan followed with officials and big industrial houses. It’s quite amusing to see how lost the Bride can be when you have an overpowering father-in-law and ten thousand people. And of course in cases like this the newly weds just happened to be there. It’s more like a show of strength of political rally. I do miss the days when our dignified leaders used to set an example of small and simple weddings. Their families did not believe in extravaganza. The junior Gadkari’s reception took place at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium. Twenty private aircrafts were charted to fly in guest. All hotels in Nagpur had been booked. Even though Gadkari preaches austerity in his own case he surely does not act what he preaches.
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