‘Cusp of transformation’, ‘wealth creation’ and ‘knowledge society’ are just some phrases in Kapil Sibal’s now famous vocabulary after he took charge of the ministry of human resource development.

He has been on an overdrive trying to put education reforms on the national agenda. In the process, he has imbibed certain stock phrases that he tirelessly mouths.

The minister is using them so often that even the enthusiastic press corps that tails him closely wherever he goes has got to memorise these catchphrases and has even at times preempted him when he begins to speak.