Power point

At a Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers' conference in Mumbai, senior officials of various companies explained their views via PowerPoint presentations. But Ambuj Sharma, additional secretary, ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises started his speech explaining why he does not need any presentations. "Being a government official, I cannot have any written presentation in case we have to go back on our promise. We should be able to retract anytime we want," he said, sending a wave of laughter through the audience. That probably explained why even Praful Patel, minister for heavy industries and public enterprises, did not need a presentation and spoke extempore a couple of hours later at the same event.