Having missed presenting them his customary gifts during the New Year,  E R RAMACHANDRAN uses Makara Sankrathi to shower his largesse on the  high and mighty of the land.
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1. CM: Suitcase to pack off, or a role in Pretty Man with Richard Gere.

2. Deputy CM: Same suitcase to come in!

3. Former PM: A telescope and microscope to find out what went wrong.

4. President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat: Karate and Kushti Primer

5. Karnataka MLAs: Season tickets to all Resorts, FOC!

6. Former Deputy CM: A lens to locate where he is in the Congress group photo!

7. Kannada littérateurs: Cassette of Jothe Jotheyali

8. Mulayam Singh: JCB Excavator

9. Mamta Didi: A Tata Car

10. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Buddha Idol

11. Saurav Ganguly: The Book Revenge is Sweeter

12. Sachin Tendulkar: Primer ‘How to play Second Innings’

13. Shah Rukh Khan: Q & A of ‘How Big B conducted KBC’

14. Ash-Abhisek: Autobiography of ‘Dhiru Bhai’

15. Rahul Gandhi: The Book, Apprentice for Life!

16. Veeru Sehwag: The Book Cricket ka Funda

17. TV News Channels: List of Future Events as ‘Breaking News’

18. Greg Chappell: The Book My Hour of Truth: World Cup

19. Sharad Pawar: The Book Suicides of Farmers & Indian Cricket

20. Prime Minister: The Book Lovable Caretaker

21. George W. Bush: The Book Iran! Are YOU READY?

22. ISRO: The Book Sky is NOT the limit

23. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi: The Song Those were the days, my friend

24. L.K. Advani: Mera Number Kab Ayega?

25. K.P.S Gill and P R Dasmunsi: Wooden Spoon (Jointly)