October , 2006
Gandhigiri is Not About Coming Second
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I know- no point flogging a dead horse, kicking a dog when its down, crying over spilled milk etc etc. But it is still a cause of amazement to me how our establishment is reacting to the candidature, and now the loss of our nominee in the UN top job race. From the start, the Indian government knew that it was entering an arena without the basic requirements- going by an unwritten but standard understanding of UN tradition. The UN Secretary General's job goes to a candidate from a relatively small country - one which so far has been a non-nuclear state. To add to those disqualifications, India's nominee had never held a high official position in his own country- something previous secretary-generals (with the exception of the outgoing S.G. Kofi Annan) had all done. Most were career diplomats, in addition Trygve Lie and Kurt Waldheim served....
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Suhasini Haidar is the Deputy Foreign Editor and Prime-Time anchor for CNN-IBN, regularly anchoring its award-winning show India@9. She entered the world of journalism in 1994 with an internship at the CNN’s United Nations Bureau in New York. She worked with the CNN in New Delhi after that, as a producer and then as a correspondent until she moved to CNN-IBN in 2005. Suhasini regularly covers the sub-continent, frequently reporting from Pakistan. She has also traveled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cover his official visits to the US, France, Russia, NAM, SAARC and CHOGM and is the only journalist to have interviewed Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, and their daughters. Suhasini's also been in the field covering elections in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir for CNN-IBN. She received her Bachelor's degree at Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College and her Master's at Boston University's College of Communication. When not at work Suhasini turns off the TV and loves to read, swim and walk. When she is lucky, her two daughters, dogs and husband join in.
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