Business Standard / New Delhi Jul 26, 2009, 00:06 IST
Ever since they were promoted as deputy ministers in the Union Cabinet, Mullapalli Ramachandran and KT Thomas have been working out of the national capital’s Kerala House. Both live in ordinary rooms, which have been partitioned to make space for their make-shift offices till their official residences are ready. The third new face from Kerala in the Cabinet, Shahshi Tharoor, has moved out of a five-star hotel to a much humbler hostel. It seems Tharoor also wants to be counted among other leaders from God’s own country, known for their austere ways.