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India-Pakistan
Sheila Dikshit wins Delhi chief minister race. Really.
2003-12-05
Sheila Dikshit won a second term as Delhi chief minister, carrying the weight of the lone victory her Congress party could claim in four heartland states. For Dikshit, 65, the urbane and amiable grandmother who defied the anti-incumbency sentiments that set her party back in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, it was a lonely celebration but a big won nevertheless.
Hell, I'd have voted for her just based on her name, too...
Touted as an outsider by her rivals both within the party and in the BJP, the silver-haired housewife-turned-politician proved that she was here to stay. “I must say I had some doubts earlier whether we could do so well, but now I am relieved and happy,” she said as garlands, flowers and sweets poured in at her New Delhi residence.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  What's so funny about her name?
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme   2003-12-6 12:06:24 AM  

#6  Geebus and I thought I had a tricky name.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-12-5 7:19:18 PM  

#5  Urbane and amiable...nicely put.
Posted by: Grunter   2003-12-5 12:08:15 PM  

#4  I have a friend that hired someone at his company that has the same name. Supposedly its like Smith here in America. Think of it this way if he/she really is a dikshit you could call them it to their face. I just think it's funny you could yell across the room at work, "Hey Dikshit" and be talking to more than just the person whose name is Dikshit or someone you think is a Dikshit.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-12-5 11:46:35 AM  

#3  "Vote Sheila Dikshit! She's tough! She's strong! She knows what to do with men who get in her way! Sheila Dikshit, She's no Dipshi@"

She's uh, into Greek? Oh, okay, sorry, my bad. I hate it when it does that. *slap* Bad hand. Bad fingers. *slap*
Posted by: .com   2003-12-5 10:28:27 AM  

#2  What the #&!! type of a name is THAT?!
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-12-5 9:41:34 AM  

#1  Vote Sheila Dikshit! She's tough! She's strong! She knows what to do with men who get in her way! Sheila Dikshit, She's no Dipshi@
Posted by: B   2003-12-5 8:11:35 AM  

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