Our sources tell us that finance minister PChidambaram's  mother is unwell and in the past one week, there were two instances where Chidambaram had to go to Chennai to look her up. The Prime Minister has called Chidambaram to asking after his mother.


And while on family, Veerappa Moily's daughter is a youth Congress leader considered to be close to Rahul Gandhi. She has been cooking the best Karnataka cuisine -- all vegetarian. Rahul Gandhi has been gorging on her hot, fresh, idlis and


Away from culinary matters, junior ministers Sachin Pilot, RPN Singh, Jatin Prasada have been meeting regularly and analysing the future of the UPA. They want to avoid the cameras and debates in TV studios till such time that the Bansal-Ashwani issues are sorted out.