September 13, 2012

Manmohan Singh's Rendezvous with Destiny

Dinesh Sharma, Asia Times

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come under increasing scrutiny in the Western media, mostly for the issues Indian journalists have been reporting about for several years: corruption in his party and elsewhere, slow economic growth and poor governance. Manmohan's public image in India, while mostly clean, is seen as subservient to the Congress party structure governed by Sonia Gandhi, the head of the nation's oldest political dynasty.

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