Once the darling of the Western media for his zealous economic reforms push as Finance Minister in the 1990s, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now earned the unflattering tag of “a man in shadow” and an “underachiever” from the redoubtable Time magazine. Featuring him on the latest cover of its Asian edition, Time says in its blurb: “The Underachiever. India needs a reboot. Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh up to the job?”