Rahul Gandhi
Rahul 'much more talented' than Rajiv Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is 'much more talented' than his father, the late Rajiv Gandhi who was 'not really a leader' but 'a boy scout' with some 'good ideas but none of them extraordinary.' These are the views of maverick writer Khushwant Singh who compared the two leaders in his latest book Absolute Khushwant: The Low Down on Life, Death and Most Things in-between , written along with columnist Humra Quraishi H e (Rahul) has a vision and that's very important. I'm impressed with him, impressed with the way in which he's conducting himself. He has the right attitude. Even if much of what he does only amounts to gestures, the thinking behind them is right," wrote 95-year-old Singh in his latest book. The grand old man of letters lauds Rahul's efforts for 'taking on' Mayawati and the Shiv Sena on their own turf and highlighting the 'shameful' realities of the...