India’s PM –
lost and helpless.
India’s pathetic PM has also blaming the social
media for aggravating tensions in the country.
Has he paused to reflect on his own chronic
failures on all fronts?
Overseas they dismiss him as a
joke.Last month (August 2012), Time magazine had dubbed PM
Singh as an "underachiever".
This month, leading US daily, the Washington
Post (05 Sep 2012) has described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "dithering,
ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt
government".
The
Post has criticised Singh's
performance in an article "India's 'silent' prime
minister becomes a tragic figure".
The critics say that the soft-spoken 79-year old Manmohan Singh is in "danger of going down in history as a failure".
The critics say that the soft-spoken 79-year old Manmohan Singh is in "danger of going down in history as a failure".
The article quoted political historian Ramachandra Guha as saying,
“More and more, he has become a tragic figure in our
history” — a man fatally handicapped by his “timidity, complacency and intellectual
dishonesty.”
Under Singh, economic reforms have stalled, growth has slowed sharply
and the rupee has collapsed. But just as damaging to his reputation is the accusation that he
looked the other way and remained silent as his cabinet colleagues filled their
own pockets.
In the process, he has transformed himself from an object of respect to one of ridicule, said Sanjaya Baru, Singh’s media adviser during his first term.
At meetings and conferences, he goes about with his vacuous expression, talks as little as possible, cannot speak off the cuff and shows no evidence of humour.
In the process, he has transformed himself from an object of respect to one of ridicule, said Sanjaya Baru, Singh’s media adviser during his first term.
At meetings and conferences, he goes about with his vacuous expression, talks as little as possible, cannot speak off the cuff and shows no evidence of humour.
But
PM Singh is not resigning. Neither are the Indian people calling for his
resignation. Perhaps they feel there is no better or brighter candidate to be
found.
This vast land has never been able to govern itself since independence. After all, it was under foreign influence and occupation for a thousand years, including 250 years under the Mughals and 200 under the British. It has apparently still not recovered from that hangover. Perhaps India was never meant to be a state (in the western sense) – just a satrap to a big power like the US.
This vast land has never been able to govern itself since independence. After all, it was under foreign influence and occupation for a thousand years, including 250 years under the Mughals and 200 under the British. It has apparently still not recovered from that hangover. Perhaps India was never meant to be a state (in the western sense) – just a satrap to a big power like the US.
India
has never produced great leaders – just monuments to mediocrity. Here are
potential Indian leaders:
Hazare (Can you imagine him speaking at the UN?)
Ramdev and cronies
Clearly
India cannot govern without help.
Is it perhaps time to call for tutorship from the British or the Chinese?
Is it perhaps time to call for tutorship from the British or the Chinese?