Different tune

A deep-prajwalan ceremony (auspicious lamp-lighting ceremony at the beginning of an event) is generally a boring, albeit unavoidable, ritual at the start of most government functions. On Monday, that changed a bit at an event organised by the road ministry. When Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari got up to light the ceremonial lamps, instead of the de rigueur Indian music, an instrumental version of the 1965 Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" began playing in the background. Those who recognised the song made little effort to hide their amusement.