Indian historian said PM 'tragic figure', not WaPo

September 05, 2012 16:57

In the Washington Post comment that the PM cuts a tragic figure comes from historian Ramachandra Guha, who has been quoted in the piece: "More and more, he has become a tragic figure in our history,' said political historian Ramachandra Guha, describing a man fatally handicapped by his "timidity, complacency and intellectual dishonesty."

‏@rameshsrivats Now Washington Post also takes off on poor Manmohan Singh. Evil fellows. Going after a poor guy who can't say anything.

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