Vol. 6 | issue 7 | August 2012
Bric-a-brac
Silsila at Rashtrapati Bhavan
pranab da meets rekha
pranab da meets rekha
EVER
since Pranab Mukherjee has taken over as President of India,
Rashtrapati Bhavan is full of life. Every day, we learn, scores of
dignitaries visit. Two special visitors recently were film star Rekha
and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The idea to visit the President was
floated by V Narayanasamy, Minister for Personnel and Training, during
the Vice-Presidential elections. Rajya Sabha MPs Rekha and Sachin had
come to cast their vote. Narayanasamy spoke to Rekha in Tamil and
suggested she should visit the President. And, so they did. Pranab da
met them for over 40 minutes and spoke at length. He gave a full lecture
on the importance of Rajya Sabha and its role in Indian society and
politics. Rekha and Sachin were impressed by the knowledge of the
President. At the end, Rekha asked Pranab Da, have you seen any movie of
mine. Pranab Da replied that he had not seen a film for a long but
recollected having seen “your one beautiful film Silsila”. Life goes on…
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