Delhi Confidential: Movies, Memories

Addressing a conclave on tourism in New Delhi on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a reference to Sholay’s Gabbar Singh to illustrate the change in experiences vacationers may be seeking. The minister said, to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘Sholay’, he visited the location that in the movie was Gabbar Singh’s hideout, which is now a tourist attraction with a resort. Today tourism has grown to a point where people try to relive the memories of their youth through the movies, he added.

Food For Truce

During an inter-state coordination meeting ahead of the Independence Day at the Delhi Police headquarters, things took an unexpected turn when a senior IPS officer from Haryana accused the Delhi police of letting gangsters go unchecked. A senior police officer from Noida first jumped in to defend his Delhi Police, followed by a Delhi Police officer citing his force’s clean record on the matter. The back-and-forth showed no signs of slowing until another senior Delhi Police officer came up with the proposal for lunchbreak. The meeting moved from allegations to appetisers!

Voicing Dissent

An application moved by the lawyer representing Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case in a Pune court on Wednesday left the party brass red faced. The party had to issue a clarification that the application seeking “preventive protection” to Rahul’s from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Nathuram Godse was filed without his (Rahul’s) consent. After coming to know of the application, Rahul learnt to have directed the party’s media department to issue a clarification that he didn’t agree with it and directions were also issued to the lawyer to withdraw the application.