I have been reading the articles by the author for quite some time. What comes out very clearly is the complete lack of ability to think outside his pre-concieved notions. He is so oblivious to all the facts that in his zest to demean BJP , he is going out of his way to glorify Lalu Yadav. I am no fan of BJP, but an author needs to be little more circumspect in his writing. If he is justifying and even encouraging a gove. headed by Lalu, he should go and talk to people in Patna and Bihar. Will the learned author have the courage to leave his wife or sister in the city of Patna alone, when Lalu was ruling? Were the lower strata people, whom Lalu so conveniently fooled and proclaimed to represent, really happy in Laluland? Request Rediff to use their discretion before such one sided views to be published on their esteemed website.