"I HOLD the most prestigious name in agriculture in this country, and still I can't get an appointment with the DG, ICAR (Director-General of Indian Council for Agricultural Research)! They'll be very polite and say, `Yes, madam, very good madam.' I don't want to waste my time going to his room to have tea and exchange pleasantries. Fayda kya." The frustration of Mrs Mina Swaminathan, wife of Dr M. S. Swaminathan, perhaps the country's No 1 agriculture scientist, is palpable.