Hair growth from earlobes is a sure sign of erudition, if conventional hinterland wisdom is to be believed. Lalu Prasad does fit the bill to the T, and if that’s not enough, he doesn’t mind letting his hair down now and then just by blogging.
Mr Prasad is learnt to be in talks with the Mumbai-based Digital Media Convergence for starting a blog after news of Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s blog impressed him.
The blog, says a senior company executive, would be put up at Mypopcorn.com and the minister would post the blog about twice a week. The blog is expected to start any time this week and Mr Prasad is reportedly very excited about it. In his first blog, the railway minister speaks about the Gurjar issue and its implications on the business of Indian Railways. "Yeh aandolan dishahin ho gaya hai... (This protest has become directionless), says Mr Prasad in his inimitable Bihari Hindi. The minister continues, "No amendments could be made in the Constitution to confer special status to some individuals. Moreover, the Railways has to suffer losses due to the revolution".
The blog would post anything and everything the minister has in mind, said a source close to Mr Prasad. Some political experts also say this is a well thought-out strategy and could be used as an agenda for brinkmanship and gaining new voters.
The minister would also share his experiences on how he turned around Railways, something for which he had also been invited by one of the best business schools in the world. The posts would be put up on the website in audio-visual as well as transcript format.
