Rating Prime Ministers via their legacies

Chandra Shekhar, who was PM for about six months only, is an anomaly

Four years ago, when he took oath as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi asked for 10 years in office. I will transform India, he said. 

Now, on his fourth anniversary, it is worth asking if he deserves a second term and what his legacy will be. The answer, of course, depends on who you ask.

But everyone will agree that he has indeed transformed India, in both good and bad ways. For the next one week, the government will tell us about the good things it has done. The critics will remind us of the bad things.

The exercise will not, however, answer the