I wish Mr Bapu Satyanarayana had made his point in the forum (Information Page) at which the issue is under discussion. This would have facilitated us to view his post in context. Incidentally, the details he gives about the project have been carried in The Hindu as part of its news report.

Companies bring out full page ads. not as any 'carefully crafted strategy', but for plain and simple publicity for themselves, making use of an occasion such as an inaugural. Private sector throws its money on such huge ads (which, incidentally, are sought after, and lobbied for, by our media). We have state governments throwing tax-payers money on full-page ads. and even special supplements whenever there is change of govt. or when the new ministry completes 100 days in office, or when a road is opened or railway line is extended. And no one deems it necessary to ask them about such spending of public money.

As for the suggestion that Mr Kheny should have named names, I don't see anyone in the industry and business volunteering such info., let alone NICE. Mr Satyanarayana knows as well as anyone does that it is not in their interest to name names. I am not even counting the legal implications involved in doing so. If the government or a public interests group smells hanky-panky, I suppose there are ways to make the alleged culprit answerable in courts.