India at 65, a rudderless ship

There is a leadership vacuum at the Centre, with no evidence whatsoever of Manmohan Singh being in charge. No other Independence Day has filled the nation with so many forebodings as today’s has. It is past the stage of gloom and despondency and taken on the complexion of anxiety, and even alarm, about what the future holds. Everything — law and order, security, dealings between the Centre and the States, strategic relations with countries which count, governance...

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