Mumbai’s leading daily Inquilab, in its editorial entitled, ‘Strengthening of economic foundations necessary’, on July 8, writes: “Congratulations to Pranab for his budget. But it should be remembered that tall and solid buildings cannot be built on weak foundations. Determined action for strengthening the weak foundations resolved by the finance minister is the need of the hour.”

Political thanksgiving

The tradition of sending chadars to the revered Sufi dargah in Ajmer, writes the Delhi and Kolkata-based Akhbar-e-Mashriq (June 24), received a fillip with a record number of “political chadars” in the recently concluded Urs. This year saw chadars of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan, Ashok Gehlot and Shivraj Singh Chauhan among others — thanksgiving, post the election results, the paper speculates.