Grotesque feudal drama

Party sycophants projecting Rahul Gandhi as the Congress?s PM candidate, with leaders of coalition parties joining the chorus, was pure political theatre.

Party sycophants projecting Rahul Gandhi as the Congress?s PM candidate, with leaders of coalition parties joining the chorus, was pure political theatre. It was staged by the Nehru-Gandhi family and the coterie surrounding it to test the current political waters. All the denials and rebukes are again part of this drama. A study of democratic processes of electing/selecting a leader in advanced Western countries makes one realise how feudal India?s democratic traditions still are.

?K.Venkataraman, Mumbai

Deploy the stash

As argued by your editorial (?Are we Reddy?, Apr 17), it?s true that our forex reserves should earn more for us. The issue of an SWF calls for an urgent reappraisal by our decision-makers.

?Vijay Mullaji

This article was first uploaded on April twenty-one, twenty eight, at three minutes past eleven in the night.