Surprise appointment of آ‘writerآ’ Aiyar as minister Vol 8, PW 5 (02 Jun 04) People & Policy A mixture of relief and disbelief greeted the appointment of Mani Shankar Aiyar as Indiaآ’s oil minister on Sunday (23rd May).... Buy this article forRs590 $9 For a 30-article or annual subscription rates click here RelatedAiyar gives Deora tips on his new job as oil minister (09 Feb 06) Srinivasan new peacemaker between Aiyar and Raha (12 Jan 06) Natwar Singh blocks Aiyar’s man as envoy to Africa (18 May 05) Diplomats not qualified to identify overseas oil equity (15 Dec 04) Moving ONGC Videsh from Delhi to Chennai (17 Nov 04) Learning upstream jargon on a trip to ONGC south (25 Aug 04) More delay in appointment of downstream regulator (11 Aug 04) Three in the race to replace Aiyar as oil minister (28 Jul 04) New oil minister Aiyar has a sharp ‘sense of humour’ (02 Jun 04)