Sri Lanka-Growing Desperation

December 20, 1986 other hand, is committed to fighting against the son's supposed departures from the mother's heritage. Indeed, reinstallation of Indira Gandhi's politics in its undiluted glory is the sole proclaimed goal of Pranab Mukherjee's fledgeling party. That parties with such contradictory political aims can have joined hands is an index of their desperation for securing just a small corner in the sun, while any expectation that they may be entertaining of being taken seriously by the sophisticated voters of West Bengal is a measure of their naivete.