P Chidambaram – the Faux Reformist

If patterns are formed by recurrent phenomena then there are one or two important patterns you can observe in the political machinations of the present UPA regime.  Behind the scene cloak and dagger maneuvers, one minister pulling down another like the proverbial crabs in a bottle and the general consensus on the need to regularly pay their obeiscance at the 10 Janpath Darbar are one set of patterns that explain the internal working of the government in New Delhi.