Paul Beckett on the WSJ

July 26, 2012 11:41

Alan Cumming, a Scottish actor, recently starred in an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth in New York in which he played all the major parts. With reports that Manmohan Singh is now doing the job of the agriculture minister in addition to being the finance minister and Prime Minister, we wondered, tongue firmly in cheek, if he is heading in the same direction.

The Scene: The Cabinet meeting room, Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi; 11 am

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