{"id":4246,"date":"2009-04-18T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2009-04-18T01:37:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T20:07:01","slug":"the-50-most-powerful-people-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-50-most-powerful-people-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Most Powerful People In India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Business Week<\/i> has just come out with a feature entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/index.htm\" title=\"India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009 -- Business Week\">&#8220;India&#8217;s 50 Most Powerful People 2009&#8221;<\/a>. India Uncut readers will be pleased to know that <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/49.htm\" title=\"Hey, how did this dude get here?\">I&#8217;m on that list<\/a>. I come between <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/48.htm\" title=\"Ok, he has power\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/50.htm\" title=\"And so does he\">Lalu Prasad Yadav<\/a>, and am not quite sure how to respond to that honour. What have I done to deserve this?<\/p>\n<p>I was quite surprised, and much delighted, when I heard that I was on the list. I&#8217;m not sure I deserve to be there, but I guess my inclusion is <i>Business Week<\/i>&#8216;s nod to the potential that blogs have for shaping public opinion, as also to the power of words in general&#8212;<a href=\"\/category\/thinking-it-through\/\" title=\"Thinking it Through -- Amit Varma\">my columns<\/a> for <i>Mint<\/i>, <a href=\"\/category\/Essays%20and%20Op-Eds\/\" title=\"Essays and Op-Eds by Amit Varma\">and otherwise<\/a>, have been cited as a reason for my inclusion. I get quite cynical sometimes about the alleged power of words, and it&#8217;s nice to see that others are more optimistic. I hope they&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p>This immense honour means that now I have to display gravitas and responsibility, and blog about serious matters that affect the nation. No more <a href=\"\/category\/Cows\/\" title=\"Cows are our mother\">cows<\/a>, no more <a href=\"\/category\/WTF\/\" title=\"WTF!\">WTFness<\/a>, no more sex, no more <a href=\"\/category\/Dialogue\/\" title=\"Amit Varma is hearing voices\">imaginary dialogue<\/a>. I&#8217;m going to be a full-on pundit now.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, chill, I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering why I come so far down the list, it&#8217;s because it is displayed by alphabetical order of last name. Heh.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/50.htm\" title=\"Lalu Prasad Yadav with a plantation in his ears\">just take a look<\/a> at Lalu&#8217;s magnificent ear hair. I don&#8217;t like his politics, but man, he is one stud machine, he is. No?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Business Week<\/i> has just come out with a feature entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/index.htm\" title=\"India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009 -- Business Week\">&#8220;India&#8217;s 50 Most Powerful People 2009&#8221;<\/a>. India Uncut readers will be pleased to know that <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/49.htm\" title=\"Hey, how did this dude get here?\">I&#8217;m on that list<\/a>. I come between <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/48.htm\" title=\"Ok, he has power\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/50.htm\" title=\"And so does he\">Lalu Prasad Yadav<\/a>, and am not quite sure how to respond to that honour. What have I done to deserve this?<\/p>\n<p>I was quite surprised, and much delighted, when I heard that I was on the list. I&#8217;m not sure I deserve to be there, but I guess my inclusion is <i>Business Week<\/i>&#8216;s nod to the potential that blogs have for shaping public opinion, as also to the power of words in general&#8212;<a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/thinking-it-through\/\" title=\"Thinking it Through -- Amit Varma\">my columns<\/a> for <i>Mint<\/i>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/Essays%20and%20Op-Eds\/\" title=\"Essays and Op-Eds by Amit Varma\">and otherwise<\/a>, have been cited as a reason for my inclusion. I get quite cynical sometimes about the alleged power of words, and it&#8217;s nice to see that others are more optimistic. I hope they&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p>This immense honour means that now I have to display gravitas and responsibility, and blog about serious matters that affect the nation. No more <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/Cows\/\" title=\"Cows are our mother\">cows<\/a>, no more <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/WTF\/\" title=\"WTF!\">WTFness<\/a>, no more sex, no more <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/Dialogue\/\" title=\"Amit Varma is hearing voices\">imaginary dialogue<\/a>. I&#8217;m going to be a full-on pundit now.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, chill, I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering why I come so far down the list, it&#8217;s because it is displayed by alphabetical order of last name. Heh.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/09\/04\/0415_india_most_powerful\/50.htm\" title=\"Lalu Prasad Yadav with a plantation in his ears\">just take a look<\/a> at Lalu&#8217;s magnificent ear hair. I don&#8217;t like his politics, but man, he is one stud machine, he is. 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