After Oscars, ‘Jai Ho’ euphoria from Parl to jails >From Parliament to jails in Tamil Nadu, the euphoria generated by the success of 'Slumdog Millionaire' for which Indians won three Oscars rubbed off on everyone with even Speaker Somnath Chaterjee unable to resist humming A R Rahman's award winning song ‘Jai Ho’.
A day after the rags to riches film scooped eight Oscars, Parliament hailed the success saying the ‘historic achievement’ of three Indians winning Academy Awards is a global acknowledgment of the excellence of Indian artistes. Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee led their respective Houses in paying rich tributes to A R Rahman, Gulzar and Resul Pookutty for bringing laurels to the country. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled for the day, Chatterjee made a statement congratulating the awardees and the entire teams of 'Slumdog' as well as 'Smile Pinki', a short documentary based on the life of a cleft-lip affected Indian girl that bagged an Oscar. Chatterjee could not help humming the 'Jai Ho' tune at the end of his statement bringing cheers in the House. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-oscars-jai-ho-euphoria-from-parl-to-jails/427573/ -- regards, Vithur
