On Firstpost.com: Does honesty have to mean incompetence or impotence? The case of 'honest' Manmohan Singh's frozen impotence in the face of super-scale corruption -- Commonwealth Games and 2G scams -- is too well known to bear repetition.
Less well known is the case of AK Antony, the 'honest' defence minister of the country. Antony has made personal honesty his watchword -- but few believe that his honesty comes with any kind of competence.