Money honey

India's Harvard educated Finance Minister was addressing a massive press conference after presenting the annual budget. Watching him parry & answer questions with the panache only he can garner, one is reminded of a combination of a boxer, a ballet dancer and an arrogant young man (though he's well into his 60's)

Being a South Indian, a funny and common occurence throughout the press conference was when a journalist ostensibly from the North or some such other part of India asked a question in Hindi. Mr. P Chidambaram would lean to his right, get the question translated and then answer in English. What the hapless journalist from say Ranchi or Allahabad comprehended, I am really not too sure but it was funny all the same.

To a question, ''Sir, why don't lawyers fall under the service tax net?'' he smiled and said ''Because no one believes that lawyers render service of any kind!''