"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.