The great Indian political chamcha is a highly sensitive weather cock
Die-hard fan, hero-worshipping man Friday, quick change artist, ever ready to crawl when asked to bend, the great Indian chamcha, oozing sycophancy from every pore has oiled his way through the power corridors of Indian politics for decades, gravitating unerringly towards real power. When Debakanta Baruah famously declared India is Indira and Indira is India or when Harin Pathak said Modi is India and India is Modi, it showed that strategic hero worship is sometimes smart politics.
The honour of proudly bearing Lalu Yadav’s spittoon while he aims a projectile of paan juice or carrying Mulayam Singh Yadav’s water bottle or holding aloft Mamata’s mobile phone or chartering private jets to Read More