Jinnah's greatness may have been re-discovered by Jaswant Singh who evidently does not think much of his peer, Mahatma Gandhi. But in far away America, Gandhi continues to inspire.
President Obama, asked by a student which person, dead or alive, he would like to have dinner with, said
it would be Gandhi “who is a real hero of mine...He inspired Dr. (Martin Luther) King...with his message of nonviolence...He ended up doing so much and changed the world just by the power of his ethics”.
"It would probably be a really small meal”, Obama said, “because he didn't eat a lot”. Jaswant, who loves his "chhota peg” would no doubt like to have dinner with Jinnah who enjoyed his whiskey too.
All depends on what you really want to “eat”, even when given such a chance.
Jinnah worshipper Jaswant has gone ballistic and the Congress quiet, the former in anger, the latter in 'gratitude'. Everyone has forgotten that Jaswant whipped Nehru; without that Jinnah couldn't have come out trumps. But, instead of the Congress criticising "Jassa" for criticising Nehru, the BJP is criticising him for criticising Patel.
Since the party has expelled him and Modi has banned his book, family war has broken out, Congress watching in glee, Nehru out of picture, book forgotten – higher sales than gas masks notwithstanding!
Advani's
Kandahar lie has been exposed, his association with the cash-for-vote drama in Parliament highlighted, Vajpayee's anguish over Gujarat 2002 revealed, and the BJP called
narrow minded, limited and nervous. And Jaswant is not done yet.
The Congress doesn't need to do anything to win an election; the BJP will do enough to lose it!
