Nice guys don’t make good prime ministers – Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh are good examples of this. Would the Bofors deal have dragged Rajiv down if he had been careful about what his ministers and bureaucrats were up to? And Manmohan Singh? To me the Prime Minister, more and more, is beginning to resemble [...]
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Blundering along….
Posted: November 20, 2010 in Prime MinisterTags: Manmohan Singh, Politicians, Rajiv Gandhi, Suresh Kalmadi, Telecom scandal, Tharoor
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Confused, confused….on poll eve
Posted: April 22, 2009 in Prime Minister, Suresh KalmadiTags: Lucknow, Polling Day
On the eve of polling day, my confusion has increased. Who do I vote for? The manner in which the politicians have been gunning for each other, it makes one wonder what they are really interested in – running the country or running down (and riding roughshod over) their opponents. And hey, none of us [...]