08-20-2006, 01:19 AM
From Daily Pioneer
Who's Who: Discover a new world
Vir Sanghvi, Shekhar Gupta, Chandan Mitra... beware! You have no mean competition. After all, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Pranab Mukherjee, George Fernandes are all journalists.
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The cynics who thought our Parliament was filled with criminals and self-serving manipulators, must go through the Who's Who section accessible on internet. While the most common professions listed by our MPs are farmer, social worker, writer and advocate, a majority of them are animated by the passion for the service of poor and the weaker sections. <b>Not just Arjun Singh and Ahmed Patel but even Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav and Mohd Shahabuddin are list as humble farmers</b>
Look what <b>Sadhu Yadav's goal is: "Implementation of works based on human values and establishing healthy social traditions</b>." Lalu's notorious brother-in-law's special interests are: "Social service, participating in debates, symposia, seminars for intellectual development." Another RJD member of Lok Sabha from Siwan, <b>Mohd Shahabuddin, who is an MA in political science and even done his PhD, lists his special interest as "promotion of educational institutions of advance learning</b>."
Rahul Gandhi, son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has mentioned her profession as politics, is yet to accept himself as a politician. Rahul, who has done his M Phil in Developmental Economics from Trinity College at Cambridge University, says he is a 'consultant'.
Among the other younger leaders of the Congress, Sachin Pilot and Jitin Prasada, both MBAs, claim to be "agriculturist" but Jyotiraditya Scindia, also an MBA from Havard, has this as his profession: Politician.
Among the BJP's younger lot, Manvendra Singh, son of former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, takes pride in describing himself as a journalist but Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, says he as a businessman. Manavendra has done his MA from Hampshire College, US, and Dushyant is an MBA in hotel administration from Switzerland. While Manavendra's special interest is writing, Dushyant says "assisted in organizing tourism festivals in Jhalawar" as his social activity.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's son <b>Akhilesh appears far more experienced. An engineer by profession, he describes his social activity thus: "Struggling for development of rural poor, farmers and the downtrodden." His special interest? "Fighting corruption</b>." His uncle Ram Gopal Yadav is, however, candid enough to admit that his special interest is playing with children while senior Samajwadi Party PM Ramjilal Suman chooses to reveal his romantic self by mentioning his special interest as "reciting Urdu poetry."
The BJP member, Yogi Avaidyanath, who lists his profession as "religious missionary" is a science graduate and Kharbela Swain, the busiest politician in Parliament, is an artist and dramatist. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh's social activity is no less interesting - "actively engaged in efforts aimed at persuading people to give up drugs and drinking." Congress leader Santosh Mohan Deb's profession includes "maintaining communal harmony!"
Janata Dal-U leader George Fernandes, who is also the convenor of the National Democratic Alliance that proudly flaunts its Pokhran-II feat, enlists "anti-nuclear campaign" as his special interest.
Congress Rajya Sabha member and Minister Subbarami Reddy, whose USP in political circles is throwing lavish parties at five star hotels, is a "philanthropist and an eminent public orator in English and Telugu."
Who's Who: Discover a new world
Vir Sanghvi, Shekhar Gupta, Chandan Mitra... beware! You have no mean competition. After all, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Pranab Mukherjee, George Fernandes are all journalists.
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The cynics who thought our Parliament was filled with criminals and self-serving manipulators, must go through the Who's Who section accessible on internet. While the most common professions listed by our MPs are farmer, social worker, writer and advocate, a majority of them are animated by the passion for the service of poor and the weaker sections. <b>Not just Arjun Singh and Ahmed Patel but even Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav and Mohd Shahabuddin are list as humble farmers</b>
Look what <b>Sadhu Yadav's goal is: "Implementation of works based on human values and establishing healthy social traditions</b>." Lalu's notorious brother-in-law's special interests are: "Social service, participating in debates, symposia, seminars for intellectual development." Another RJD member of Lok Sabha from Siwan, <b>Mohd Shahabuddin, who is an MA in political science and even done his PhD, lists his special interest as "promotion of educational institutions of advance learning</b>."
Rahul Gandhi, son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has mentioned her profession as politics, is yet to accept himself as a politician. Rahul, who has done his M Phil in Developmental Economics from Trinity College at Cambridge University, says he is a 'consultant'.
Among the other younger leaders of the Congress, Sachin Pilot and Jitin Prasada, both MBAs, claim to be "agriculturist" but Jyotiraditya Scindia, also an MBA from Havard, has this as his profession: Politician.
Among the BJP's younger lot, Manvendra Singh, son of former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, takes pride in describing himself as a journalist but Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, says he as a businessman. Manavendra has done his MA from Hampshire College, US, and Dushyant is an MBA in hotel administration from Switzerland. While Manavendra's special interest is writing, Dushyant says "assisted in organizing tourism festivals in Jhalawar" as his social activity.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's son <b>Akhilesh appears far more experienced. An engineer by profession, he describes his social activity thus: "Struggling for development of rural poor, farmers and the downtrodden." His special interest? "Fighting corruption</b>." His uncle Ram Gopal Yadav is, however, candid enough to admit that his special interest is playing with children while senior Samajwadi Party PM Ramjilal Suman chooses to reveal his romantic self by mentioning his special interest as "reciting Urdu poetry."
The BJP member, Yogi Avaidyanath, who lists his profession as "religious missionary" is a science graduate and Kharbela Swain, the busiest politician in Parliament, is an artist and dramatist. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh's social activity is no less interesting - "actively engaged in efforts aimed at persuading people to give up drugs and drinking." Congress leader Santosh Mohan Deb's profession includes "maintaining communal harmony!"
Janata Dal-U leader George Fernandes, who is also the convenor of the National Democratic Alliance that proudly flaunts its Pokhran-II feat, enlists "anti-nuclear campaign" as his special interest.
Congress Rajya Sabha member and Minister Subbarami Reddy, whose USP in political circles is throwing lavish parties at five star hotels, is a "philanthropist and an eminent public orator in English and Telugu."