New Delhi, Aug 23 - Something had to give. The pressure of keeping not only your nerve but that of the entire country's, which is in the spell of swine flu, even got to the affable and composed Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who according to a close aide is 'mildly to intensely raged' these days.

'The seemingly uncontrollable spread of the H1N1 virus is giving him a tough time and that is why he is behaving like the protagonist of (1980s movie) 'Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai',' the aide told IANS.

'Azad normally doesn't wear this school headmaster-like attitude. But since the swine flu (broke out), anger has become his predominant behaviour. He has been mildly to intensely raged since,' the aide said on strict conditions of anonymity, fearing 'I will get a new dose of wrath' if named.

Azad, the aide said, wants to get rid of this 'swine flu ghost' as soon as possible and wants the state governments to act responsibly.

At an open meeting with state health ministers here Friday, Azad burst out with anger and said: 'Bloody, hum yahan 20-24 ghante kaam karte hain aur aap baithe huye ho (Bloody, we are working 20-24 hours and you are just sitting.