Rishi Kapoor was angry for much of last week. Naturally, I assumed this was because he had finally watched his films on DVD, or looked at his son's work and figured out that having a surname like Kapoor didn't guarantee talent as an actor. It turns out he was unhappy about the Congress naming important places like roads, railways and airports after the Nehrus and Gandhis.

He does have a valid point, even if it has taken him over six decades to complain about it. Why make foreigners assume that the only people who did something of importance in our country were the Gandhis? It's as if the rest of the country has produced no one of importance. Apparently, there are 17 central government schemes, 49 state schemes, 26 sports tournaments, 9 airports, 99 educational institutions and 37 medical institutions named after members of that family, and that is just half the list published online by a number of helpful Gandhi-obsessed folk.