07-29-2008, 06:43 PM
Despite cash for votes scam, parliament's first interns remain optimistic
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By Devirupa Mitra. Delhi, India, 10:30 AM IST
Unobtrusively and quietly, five young men and women have been making history in the Indian parliament for the last six months - working as its first interns and given unprecedented access to parliamentary operations.
While their yearlong internship had so far been uneventful, the cash-for-votes political drama last week did not leave the three women and two men unscathed. After all, months of close proximity to the ground zero of Indian democracy had further highlighted their awareness.
http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20080729/135157.htm
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By Devirupa Mitra. Delhi, India, 10:30 AM IST
Unobtrusively and quietly, five young men and women have been making history in the Indian parliament for the last six months - working as its first interns and given unprecedented access to parliamentary operations.
While their yearlong internship had so far been uneventful, the cash-for-votes political drama last week did not leave the three women and two men unscathed. After all, months of close proximity to the ground zero of Indian democracy had further highlighted their awareness.
http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20080729/135157.htm