Prasad's hunger pangs

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who was part of a session on technology at The Economist's India Summit 2015, was asked by the moderator if he would field questions from the audience at the end of the session. Prasad promptly said he had attended a six-hour-long cabinet meeting in the morning and had to skip lunch to attend The Economist event. Without wasting time, the moderator said, "Let's order some sandwiches for the minister." Prasad, however, turned down the invitation to have lunch on the dais.