Congress leadership is enlightenment proof
Initially, Rahul Gandhi spoke of ridding politics of dynasty and bringing in merit, not realising the irony of saying this from an exalted position.
advice in the world available to them for all these years, in 2014 and after, the twosome have failed to deliver what matters the most to a political party—power.
Returning to the parallel streams of advice that begins this story, the mother and son have been spoiled with advice. If a strategy succeeded they were credited with wisdom. If it failed, the advice was faulted. The concept of leaders having a superior vision or being able to lead, transformed into their capacity to heed advice. In truth, neither was ever qualified to know anything first hand. Having courted Prime Minister Nehru’s grandson, Sonia Gandhi entered India as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s daughter in law, and became Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s wife without ever having to engage with sweaty, grubby, dusty, shade-less India, let alone its chaotic and complicated macro-organism known as the political party structure. Rahul Gandhi wandered about abroad for years, dabbling in whatever he fancied, clueless and unconcerned of what politics in India was all about. Neither of them ever had the education,