05-04-2006, 03:30 AM
http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/04/stories/...121100.htm
A man of the modern world
Neena Vyas
Mr. Mahajan was regarded as more realistic, less bombastic, and less pretentious than some of his colleagues. He was equally at home with an Ambani or a Tata as with a paanwala, equally friendly towards editors and reporters â his de-briefings were a delight, giving those in the media useful insights of games played in the corridors of power. And, thankfully, he was brutally frank about the nature of politics and politicians, understanding clearly that it was power â not morals â that made their world go round. He had nothing of the self-righteous priggishness that characterised his party.
A man of the modern world
Neena Vyas
Mr. Mahajan was regarded as more realistic, less bombastic, and less pretentious than some of his colleagues. He was equally at home with an Ambani or a Tata as with a paanwala, equally friendly towards editors and reporters â his de-briefings were a delight, giving those in the media useful insights of games played in the corridors of power. And, thankfully, he was brutally frank about the nature of politics and politicians, understanding clearly that it was power â not morals â that made their world go round. He had nothing of the self-righteous priggishness that characterised his party.