It has all the build-up and drama of a blockbuster Bollywood pot boiler and is reminiscent of the Sholay saga that many of us feasted on! A valiant Prime Minister supported by robust rural growth weathers the monster called the Recession of 2008 and India emerges in 2009 as the only economy to remain relatively unscathed by the economic slowdown. But after this the government has to beat back successive raids on its credibility by the dacoits of the 2G scam, the Commonwealth Games fiasco and most recently Coalgate. The Prime Minister, his reputation...
