Shekhar Gupta: Manmohan Singh's third innings

He is talking, making sense, and India is listening. Rahul Gandhi needs to listen to him, too

Most of the commentariat had written Manmohan Singh’s political obituaries nearly five years back. So had I. Did we imagine we will be writing articles about his return as 2018 ends and we enter another election year?

He is no longer the silent “Maun Mohan”. He does speak now, though very little, very measured. Usually, just a couple of sentences. But when he does, India listens. Even a routine — and drab as usual — formal speech by him goes viral online. Check social media trends. Anything he says spreads.

He hasn’t suddenly become an election campaigner for the Congress. But in