Thought you might wanted to know, since many of us speak ill of others without knowing the background of the person whom we are critising about. For your information, Mr.Chidambaram comes from a very well established business family, he does not need the central government "perks" to uphold his lifestyle. You might want to ask some of your tamil friends about the history of "chett-yars". If you would want to talk about his performance / policies as a finance minister, then its a different discussiion altogether. Btw, its not lungi, its called "Vaashti" / "dhoti".