ss- I agree with you... It is difficult to survive for a straight-forward, sincere politicians like Antony in a well educated (politically too - with communalism) state like Kerala. However, in Sardar's time, there were no thousand political parties - when it comes to the Nation, everyone was together. In today's situation, hardly any Minister, Chief Minister (or Defence Minister) can take a stern and individual decision, since several of the governments are coalition partners and the fear of pulling the rug under, always there.