Ma last blog in this year(2006)

Students of Harvard and Wharton business schools met Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on wednesday and asked himabout the turn around that had taken place with Indian Railways. Let it be the situation, if i can imagine the meeting, which took place at the National Rail Museum in Delhi.

"Sir!" asks a young American looking with interest at the Fairy Queen and other old engines that lie in the Railway Museum,

"Is this the engine that was invented by James Watt?"

Lalu- "What?"

Stud- "Watt was the inventors name?"

Lalu-"What?"

Another student puts up her hand,"Sir!

lalu- "Yes madam!"

stud- "Are your managers all management students?"

lalu- "Managers?"

stud-"Yes sir"

lalu- "There is only one manager in the Indian Railway!"

stud- "Is he a management?"

lalu- "And his name is Lalu!"

Lalu prasad looks around and sees a boy at the back of the classroom with his hand up & says,

"You want me to go?"

stud- "No sir!"

lalu- "You want to leave the classroom?"

stud- "No sir!"

lalu- "Then why are you putting hand up like railway signal?"

stud- "I want to ask a question sir?"

lalu- "Then put your hand down...."

stud- "Yes sir!"

lalu- "And wait for me in the next station, when I stop I will answer. Nobody must signal train to stop. It will be catastrophe!!!!"

Another student stands up..

"Mr.Prasad!"

"Honourable minister Mr.Lalu Prasad Yadav!" Dont you think a lot of progress in the Indian Railways is also due to your Prime Minister and the economic reforms he has brought to the country? Do you also think that much of the groundwork was done by the previous railway minister?"

lalu- "You are mad!"

stud- "No sir!"

lalu- "You are mad! Lalu has changed railways himself like Lalu has changed.... Lalu has changed..."

stud- "Bihar sir?"

lalu- "Yes bihar! Now that present Chief Minister Nitesh is reaping the benefits of what lalu did before!"

stud- "Sir, are you also reaping the benefits of what Nitesh did before for the railways, when he was railway minister?"

lalu- "Enough! Enough! Indian IIM students are better! They do not ask silly questions like you Harvard fellows! They accept whatever minister says!"

stud- "Hmmm wot a damn minister to clear queries!"....