How our politicians let us down...

Their response to l'affaire Akbar illustrates the yawning gap between them and urban, middle-class, English-speaking India

Do we get the politicians we deserve? This somewhat bleak belief is usually held by people who feel let down. However, I would argue that we in India have a right to expect better. Political betrayal cannot be so easily understood or forgiven.

Despite M J Akbar’s belated resignation yesterday afternoon, the response of our politicians to l’affaire Akbar illustrates the yawning gap between them and urban, middle-class, English-speaking India. They don’t seem to share our ethics or moral principles and they certainly don’t feel the same sense of outrage when these are transgressed. It almost feels as if they’re unaware