Most of these above-mentioned friends are highly ambitious people, currently whiling away their hours in obscure think-tanks, academia and journalism.They are edgy eager-beavers hovering around the corridors of power. Now is their opportunity. Their 'friend' has become PM so why not push him to dish out a few jobs—Rajya Sabha seats, ambassadorships, special advisors attached to ministers, chairmanships of policy groups, etc. Currently a hectic race is on for the prime minister's press advisor (since the prime minister knows most senior, serving and retired, journalists on a first-name basis, the best press advisor for I.K. Gujral would be I.K. Gujral).