Ignore the basics at India's peril

Around four weeks ago, Gurudas Kamat, Congress member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha elected from Maharashtra, stole the thunder, for all the wrong reasons, during the cabinet reshuffle that was to inspire a much needed image makeover for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Kamat rejected the offer to join the cabinet because he felt slighted (unofficially, since on the record he is making all the right kinds of political noises) as the portfolio that was on offer was not good enough; not sexy, say like finance ministry or external affairs.

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