"Bold and beautiful Army daughters"
The bold and beautiful army daughters--Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra, Celina Jaitly, Gul Panag, Nikita Anand and Neha Dhupia--have all been former Miss Indias.
Also the three winners of this year's Pantaloons Femina Miss India pageant, Kanishtha Dhankar, Ankita Shorey and Hasleen Kaur are from the defence background. What is the quality of these girls that takes them to the top?
An officer's daughter does not only have to deal with the prospect of her father possibly going off into war zones, but also constant changes in her postal address. As an army kid, their upbringing is unparallel because they have to migrate all the time. It gives them the ability to adapt to any situation. They adapt equally well to the high pressure environment of the pageant. Easy adaptation is the biggest edge that army girls possess. This helps them in pageants and other fields. Not being confined to one place, they absorb the cultures of different places. This helps them grow as a person. Each military station has its unique cultural activities, including regular parties. Army has enough social evenings with the right etiquette. They are trained to be sophisticated at a very young age. No wonder, military girls in every field are usually ahead of their competitors. They have been taught to be punctual during the Miss India grooming sessions. Every morning, they have to report at a particular time, and many have to share a loo, so the only way they could manage is by being disciplined.
Army-bred participants are at an early age exposed to beauty contests as military stations host mini-pageants from time to time. The training these girls acquire at these pageants is at par with that of national pageants. They are given grooming and catwalk lessons and the sessions are usually conducted by former Miss India winners and celebrity judges, ensuring that the winners are of high standards.
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"Travel benefits for mother"
In this time of recession, even our members of Parliament are feeling the pinch. The NCP MP Agatha Sangma has written to the Speaker, seeking permission for rail travel benefits for her mother as she still does not have a spouse. The spouse of a sitting MP can travel free with the MP in the first class AC free of charge.
When her father P.A.Sangma was the Speaker, she was entitled then. Agatha is the youngest minister in UPA-II.
All the married and unmarried, divorced and widowed MPs can now travel with companions which include people like Rahul Gandhi, Janardan Dwivedi and many others.
The MPs have also asked for a raise in the travel allowance by roads. Let us not forget that the MPs voted themselves for a threefold hike in this time of inflation in the country.
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"Some devotion!"
Jayalalithaa is known for her temper and is a stickler for etiquette. The party members worship the ground she treads on.
And all this is not new. One of her ardent followers, her new minister for information and technology had been wearing chappals since 1997 and had vowed never to wear shoes to Secretariat. Amma has now ordered her minister to wear shoes and he has obeyed.
After all, he says she is his god and he has to obey her. Can you imagine such beliefs in today's educated lot?
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