The Colonial Economist

06.01.08 | 5 Comments | Filed Under Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch

This disgusting tripe cannot be called a "book review." It stops short at making an open personal attack on L.K. Advani. Now that I’ve already wasted two sentences, I leave you with something beyond contempt. Read the last line, especially.

In 2005 Mr Advani and his family were invited on a tour of Pakistan, ending in Karachi, the city of Mr Advani’s birth, which he was forced to flee after British India’s bloody division, and which he loves more than any other. Deeply moved by an experience that included ample Pakistani hospitality, Mr Advani made some surprisingly generous remarks about Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah—whom hardline Hindus especially hate.

In the furore that followed, he was forced to quit as the BJP’s leader. Mr Advani describes this as “the most agonising moment in my political life”. But what explains his kind words about Jinnah? One possibility, this book suggests, is a refugee’s longing for home.

The Economist has lost none of its colonial brilliance.

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