So now India’s pathetic PM is 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".
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.
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.Is it perhaps time to call for tutorship from the British or
the Chinese?
