What is india famous for?
How it manages and fulfills its constitutional obligations to hold Federal, State and other elections when directed to—with almost vast and autocratic powers—ia a wonder of wonders! Navin Chawla, Election Commissioner, was in New York to address members of IACC. It was one of those surp trises that Rajiv Khanna, (photo # 3) President, India-America Chamber of Commerce, occasionally, pulls out of his bag that he keeps hidden on the 15th Floor of 200 Park Ave, New York! A greater surprise was to find how Navin Chawla (photo # 1), one of the two Election Commissioners of Republic of India—a history graduate from London University and a Diploma holder from London School of Economics(1968)—a devotee of Mother Teresa and of course, of course, one who was, and still is, involved in several controversies (and censored by Shah Commission in 1970s), was so friendly, sociable, willing to listen and talk to anyone who wants to (he talked with this correspondent for 15 minutes in the reception area
