Where's the black swan?

February 12, 2013 13:21

Pritish Nandy tells it like it is: Rahul vs Modi...

Like much of India, the media is also certain that 2014 will be a battle between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, and currently Modi appears to have a distinct edge.

The battle is often stupidly oversimplified into a confrontation between two adversaries, one who stands for our Hindu identity, a strong, muscular government that gives no quarter to corruption, refuses to appease the minorities, and actually delivers on promises of development and the other, who has failed to make his mark in recent elections, does not stand for anything specific, is soft on most issues, pampers a different set of vote banks, and allows his cronies to steal from the public exchequer. More

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