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In a democracy, the call on who may succeed an incumbent remains pertinent at all times. There was the question of after Nehru, who? And so it has been with all leaders. Therefore, it's almost a necessity to ask the same of Manmohan Singh. On the face of it, the answer is not difficult.

Each political party is looking for leaders who are young, who are close to the average age of the country. Leaders who are evolving with the times, are credible and can carry the party with them. In this context, if there is anyone who can fill the shoes of Manmohan Singh after he goes, it is Rahul Gandhi. The AICC general secretary carries the burden of a great legacy, that of the Nehru-Gandhi family. More...

Manmohan Singh had staked the survival of UPA-I to pursue his dream of a breakthrough in relations with the US; he is pursuing a breakthrough in relations with Pakistan in UPA-II though he knows fully well that all odds are against him. He's lonely, but he knows that's how it's meant to be at the top. Singh considered the 2009 victory equally his, as it was Sonia Gandhi's. But it is also proving to be his big challenge.

Unlike UPA-I, when expectations from the patchy alliance were low and every step forward won him a loud round of applause, the Congress-led coalition's return to Raisina Hill had set expectations a trifle too high. It doesn't help that Singh is shackled by compulsions arising out coalition with smaller parties and divergent opinions within the Congress. More...

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the first Asian author to have won the Nobel Prize in literature, still remains an inspiration around the world. A poet, playwright, performer, musician, essayist, philosopher, and one of the finest storytellers from India (eight novels, four novellas and numerous short stories), he also had over 2,000 paintings and doodles to his credit.

As he said in his first talk at Shanghai in 1924: 'I say that a poet's mission is to attract the voice which is yet inaudible in the air; to inspire faith in the dream which is unfulfilled; to bring the earliest tidings of the unborn flower to a sceptic world.' More...

A hunger strike by Mumbai’s suburban rail motormen kept as many as 7 million commuters from reaching work in India’s commercial capital today. Western Railways, which operates services connecting the southern tip of the city to the suburbs of Bandra and Virar, will run 250 trains, a fifth of its normal service, according to a statement on its website. Trains on the central line were also affected by the strike called to demand higher wages.

The two rail networks carry 3.5 million people each, mostly to the southern end of the city, home to the nation’s equities, money and commodity markets, the central bank and companies such as Reliance Industries Ltd. 

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