The strange world

I don’t think I have read so many ‘weird’ news dealing with India on the same day.

1. Lost 81 times, ready to take on PM- Having contested against President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, his predecessor K.R. Narayanan, former prime ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, Padmarajan found place in the Limca Book of Records in 2003 for losing 57 elections in various categories.

He added that challenging VVIPs was a passion for him, and hoped contesting his 82nd election against the Prime Minister would help him find a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.[HT]

2. MLA masters Matric, off to college now- Chakradharpur MLA Sukhram Oraon is a happy man today, having passed his Matric examination with flying colours (a first division). The icing on the cake is that his son and brother, too, have emerged successful with the former scoring the most marks.

A successful politician, Oraon’s success in the academic field is a moment of immense pride for him as well as the people in his constituency. Visibly elated after seeing his result on the Internet, the MLA breathed a sigh of relief, saying: “It was like the counting of votes. It feels great to have passed the first big academic test of my life. My son, Sunny Oroan, has also secured first division.� [HT]

3. Gay diplomats put MEA in big dilemma- The Ministry of External Affairs is caught in a same-sex diplomat dilemma after it was found that two officials at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, a man and a woman, are living with their same-sex married partners.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which came into effect 145 years back in 1862, bars sexual intercourse between same-sex people and provides for life sentence for violation. [CNN IBN]