Manmohan Meltdown ; It was marketed as a deal authored by a statesman but the prime minister's brazen somersault has exposed him as a leader who did not stand by his conviction. The inside story of how the great moderniser has become the biggest let-down.

From: India Today | Date: October 29, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

There he was, Manmohan Singh the tough-talking prime minister with a missionary zeal, ready to take on his antediluvian tormentors for the sake of his idea of India in the 21st century. With the precision and patience of a man determined to gain his place in history, he considered the nuclear deal with the United States as the noblesse oblige of the chosen one. He could not afford to lose it. It was his big moment, his grand gesture as the moderniser. It was such a Big Deal for him. That was then. Today, it is no longer a big deal, and the prime minister has taken a giant leap from ...

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