Oh, captain!
Retired captain Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, 66, minister of state for environment and forests, still looks every inch a soldier, wearing his 20 years in both the Army and the Navy with pride. And the bearing seems to fit comfortably with his earnest plans to "clean up the system' and "learn more about the environment'.
Born in Haksar village in Hajipur, Bihar, and the oldest greenhorn to head a ministry in the United Front government, Nishad's
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