When the White man tells you 'the Emperor (and the Clown Prince) has no clothes', THEN it hurts.

As long as Manmohan and Sonia were busy bankrupting India and helping Western capitalists and Swiss banks in addition to Indian cronies, the Western media and Govts were happy. Now  that India is almost bankrupt and there is not much to loot and siphon off, the West is unhappy.

 Economist, Time, Washington Post................I have a hard time understanding why these wizards of smart woke up only now.

After all Manmohan Singh's performance HAS NOT worsened in recent days. He is maintaining his same "performance level" since 2004. Ditto for Rahul. It is not that these guys were brilliant one day and suddenly fell short.

Why is everyone waking up to this reality only now when idiots like me could see this way back in 2005 during the Bihar fiasco?

If there is just one comment on Rahul ,the PMO will respond.But we have several against MMS in Time and WP (for starters). Numerous other dicta on India by Rating Agencies. So the sarkar is hard put to be responding all the time, so leave these comments alone for now,speaking only when things look up and leaders perform.Banning such journals might seem like a good idea but will boomerang like action against Aseem Trivedi.Better leave it to the TV mouthpieces to tackle the adverse opinions.

Manishji says ".... saying there was a need for Indians to get liberated from the "spectre of mental colonialism"."

No argument. The trick of course is how one does this or gets there?

Then he says .... ".... there is a wealth of wisdom in Indian journalists and he would be happy to respond to question about reports written by them instead of responding to anything being published in foreign journals."

So ignoring "foreign" is the way to liberate from "spectre of mental colonialism". Seems backwards .... I would think ignoring (whether out of arrogance or ignorance or nonchalance) would be getting trapped by "mental colonialism". Liberation requires a balance ... actions/judgments based on merit ... rather than the distinction of foreign vs native. Answer the point - why amplify and hide behind who said it - the source/messenger - that too foreign vs native.

"'The Rahul Problem', which starts with question "what is the point of Rahul Gandhi" and says that the Congress's "prince in waiting has not shown any hunger for the job"."

Perfectly reasonable question. All signs are of a reluctant prince struggling with the weight of dynasty on one side and courtiers on the others .... probably getting suffocated and moribund .... having to meet expectations way beyond capacities and capabilities.

"Tewari said, "the objection was taken because some eminent people quoted in the article have completely refuted the quotes attributed to them.""

Of course, they don't want IT raids and CBI enquiries or less troubling sedition charges :-). They have to live in Desh (sorry Banisthan). BTW, this is the reason, local media will not ask the questions a foreign person/media can ask. Of course, you can choose to ignore them .... but realize at your risk.

If we say our economy is linked to the US dollar and not with our own domestic products and exports then we have to agree what ever the Western media say about us.If we are really doing good then why would some one point a finger at us.