Yadavs' photo op

The free laptops doled out to students by the Uttar Pradesh government as part of the Samajwadi Party's election manifesto promises are unique in more ways than one. For one, they all come with pre-programmed screen savers in the form of photographs of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav. But that's not all. Some students complain that they cannot change the screen saver. If their claims are correct, the users will be stuck with a permanent reminder of their benefactors - which is, after all, the object of the exercise.