Here is something that Rajiv Gandhi forgot to do as Prime Minister. He talked about taking India into the 21st century but forgot all about the present one and the opposition it may have to the future. P V Narasimha Rao and his finance minister Manmohan Singh got it just right. On the one hand, they sang praises about Nehruvian socialism. On the other hand, they took the country by the scruff of the neck and said move, or we all die.
