A dinner here, a dinner there
Never has a prime minister's visit to the United States, or any other country, been accompanied by so much speculation about his health and, therefore, the usefulness of the journey.



Ways to downsize bureaucracy
Given the number of times the government has ordered 10% reductions in its staff strength since Independence, the bureaucracy should have vanished into thin air by now.



Comatose Congress
Organisational polls in the Congress party have seldom been suspected of being vehicles of change. The fact is they routinely perpetuate prevalent power equations.



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