The love life of politicians rarely dominates the 'official' Delhi scene. It's whispered about and whimpered around.

Grand amour

Tharoor's presence in Parliament and Delhi during this session has ensured more than embassy crowd gets to gossip about the Sunanda factor. Though neither is a newbie to marriage, the intensity of PDA (public display of affection) has left even blas ufffd Delhi-ites gasping. Tharoor's ambition, once he has made Sunanda his bride, are seriously Kerala-centric. Which explains the choice of wedding dates and venue. But this also means that Delhi may then be deprived of its current source of eye candy.

Fried fish
Dilli is embarrassed about the Commonwealth Games now that the can of worms has finally been opened. As usual, with all such rape and pillage of the exchequer, the big sharks are frying the small fish to try and cover up the scam worth thousands of crores. The story has dominated the front pages of papers and hogged TV headlines consistently for over two weeks, which must be a record of sorts. Suresh Kalmadi and company are definitely on the run now, with their own Congress colleagues actually attacking them in public. Of course, there are other culprits too but for the moment the main target remains the organizing committee which has spent public money in a manner that cannot even be described as merely irresponsible.

Now it remains for the culprits to try and save their skins by making a plea to save the Games. Their point, India's prestige is at stake. It certainly may be, but with the scale of loot this time there is certainly more at stake than national pride. We have become a laughing stock of the world.

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