Date:15/07/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/15/stories/2005071501700200.htm

Kerala - Kochi

Trendy Government office

All Government offices are not the same. There are offices and offices. The latest in Kochi is the Kendriya Bhavan, housing some important Central Government offices. It is the state of the art technology, and the complex resembles more like an IT centre rather than a cluster of Government offices. Obviously, Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was an elated man when he inaugurated the Kendriya Bhavan at Kakkanad. The local MP Sebastian Paul , however, stole the show with his comment in a lighter vein that now it would be easy for demonstrators who want to protest against the Union Government's policies to assemble before the complex and use its spacious premises to stage any agitation. A sign of things to come? Only time will tell.

K. Venkiteswaran