UPA: The gang that couldn't shoot straight

Jimmy Breslin, the balladeer of New York City of hardened criminals and harder cops of the 1960s and 1970s, wrote a hugely satirical novel in 1969 about supposedly fearsome Mafiosi who ended up bungling everything. Its title graces this column, as a perfect description of the economic leadership of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). On August 30, the Sensex and the rupee continued their yoyo dance, unmindful of the prime minister's rather self-indignant defence of his policies.

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