How to solve a problem like Congress

One of the most important political forces in the world's most populous democracy will always be run by one family. And only that family has the power to divest itself of that responsibility

Rahul Gandhi is set to become Congress president, a post that was once occupied by his father, mother, grandmother, grandfather and great-grandfather. All his relatives were strong-minded individuals who left their own mark on the Congress party and the direction it took. Tehseen Poonawalla has raked up a controversy about family and dynasty that is unlikely to fly within the Congress. Here is why.

Rahul Gandhi has had phases of obsessions about the way the Congress should look. First, it was all about internal democracy. More of it. So the organisation was told that it must hold primaries where the