Rahul Gandhi Seems Inspired by Houdini
The Morning Standard|May 29, 2022
Great-grandfather had embarked on his 'Discovery of India' and for the great-grandson, it seems, the excitement of the exploratory expedition is so intoxicating that he is constantly blowing wind into the tattered sails of his leaky boat wishing and hoping that the journey never ends.
Pushpesh Pant
Rahul Gandhi Seems Inspired by Houdini

Alas, this is not one of the cases where it may be better to travel hopefully than arrive. The number of proverbial rats notorious for deserting the sinking ship is increasing by the day. But the tired and bored middle-aged manno longer resembling the boy who stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled appears oblivious of the fire raging below the bridge he commands. Truth be told, RaGa seems more inspired by the illusionist Houdini famous for his vanishing trick. He disappears from the scene of action/ the battlefield when needed most. No one can argue that every individual is entitled to his privacy, quality time that must be spent with family and grandma staying in a distant land but when the frequency of short breaks for 'rest and recuperation' begins to look like an incurable addiction then the concern of fellow Indians is understandable.

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