March , 2009
Pappu pass ho gaya!
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Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has shattered myths about the babalog neta
Pappu can't dance, saala, goes the popular song from a recent film. But anyone observing the political career of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen 'Pappu' Patnaik (Pappu is the nickname of this youngest son of Biju Patnaik) would be forced to sing the opposite. Not only can 'Pappu' dance, he is now a self confident enough leader to say 'boo' to the mighty BJP. Unexpectedly, just as they were least expecting it, this mild mannered softly spoken second time chief minister of Orissa, who it was long assumed whether he liked it or not, needed the support of the BJP to survive in the Byzantine world of Orissa's politics, has thumbed his nose at the NDA and decide to contest all 21 seats in Orissa on his own. Who says Doon School-educated hepcats who once partied with....
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Sagarika Ghose has been a journalist for 20 years, starting her career with The Times of India, then moving to become part of the start-up team of Outlook magazine, subsequently joining The Indian Express as Senior Editor. She was anchor of the flagship BBC World programme Question Time India before moving to CNN-IBN as prime time anchor and Deputy Editor. She is the anchor of the award-winning flagship debate programme Face The Nation on CNN-IBN. She is also a columnist for the Hindustan Times. She has won numerous awards including FICCI Media Achiever Award and Gr8-ITA Award for Excellence in Journalism. She is a graduate in History from St Stephen's College and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University where she gained an MA and M.Phil in History and International Relations. She is the author of two acclaimed novels The Gin Drinkers and Blind Faith, both published worldwide by HarperCollins Publishers.
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