The Seductions Of Self Praise, The Telegraph

Last week, to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the liberalization process, the Indian Express carried a long interview with Dr Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister at the time the reforms took shape. Those were Dr Singh’s finest years in public office; now, in semi-retirement, after an indifferent (if not disastrous) second term as Prime Minister, one might have expected him to adopt a tone of self-congratulation. On the other hand, what struck this reader was how generously Dr Singh praised...