Sunday Reads Late Edition
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| The Hindu |
- Karzai's India gamble. (Foreign Policy)
- Will free homes solve Spain's eviction crisis? (BBC)
- A resurrection in Bangalore. (Economist)
- What's spooking global markets? (Financial Express)
The Hindu's Open Page has an interesting collection of anecdotes. Here's one:
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was another politician who regaled audiences with his humorous remarks. During an election meeting in Gujarat, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told the gathering that she was a daughter of Uttar Pradesh and daughter-in-law of Gujarat and was seeking votes on that basis. Vajpayee later said Mrs. Gandhi had forgotten to say that she was also the mother-in-law of Italy. The audience had a hearty laugh and one journalist later wrote that this humorous remark of Vajpayee had brought the BJP a lot of votes.
Read the complete piece here.
