![]() ![]() He was unnecessarily queried about his passport, and summoned by pokey officials. The reporter Alex Perry had to bear the brunt of the Indian establishment for his audacity. He took a three-hour snooze in the afternoon and showed signs of mental fatigue because he slurred his way through press conferences, stumbled to the podiums and fell asleep in cabinet meetings. Time wrote that Vajpayee had only one kidney, replaced knees and high cholesterol. Time magazine’s story on the failing health and habits of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is a common knowledge. Will it be like this: If he is not able to look after himself, how can he take care of the entire nation? A nation constituting 1 billion people. How will the public perceive these images? The top-most leader of a country stuttering incoherently, barely able to carry himself around. Or being helped by aides to stand on his feet. ![]() M Mazharul Haque Imagine the prime minister of a country being carried around on a wheelchair. A fumbling, bumbling gerontocracy rules India with disastrous consequences, writes ![]()
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