Emptiness of public discourse

Occupying the high ground of magisterial wisdom, Dr Manmohan Singh set out a five-point agenda for the government in the new year, an agenda that would have come as a breath of fresh air for anyone living under a rock these past eight years, or to members of his beleaguered government seeking respite from their efforts at doing precious little. Dr Singh promised clean government, a strong Lokpal Bill, reforms to erase poverty: in short, he assured the Indian people that come 2012 his government would, well, govern.

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