NEW DELHI, June 22 -- Indian Law and Justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's shedding crocodile tears of joy at the successful 'home coming' of the poor little teen with her ailing and penniless father on bicycle, some 1200 kilometres away, was very melodramatic, to say the least! Some have pointed out that his performance bordered on sheer hypocrisy.

Prasad holds the prestigious portfolio of Law and Justice in the BJP-manned Central Government. Many are of the opinion that a man who presides over such an august position should have acted better in his response. His so-called balance of justice tilted towards a heartless low.

What did he do and what did he not? First of all, he showered praises on poor little teenaged Jyoti Kumari for car...