Asia
Generation exit
Time for India’s ageing and increasingly battered political leaders to eye the door
Nov 17th 2011 | Delhi
Wednesday May 23rd 2012
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Trust The Economist to write some home truths about Indian politics. We have leaders who can hardly see or hear - they wobble along and speak stumblingly from prepared speeches - and nap in Parliament. China's past leaders led the country to famine, India's gerontocratic leadership will lead India to ruin.