Advani says he was hurt by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent feisty attack on him; Pratap Bhanu Mehta analyses this deceptively simple word - 'hurt' - to uncover a floundering 'discourse of victimhood': If you were looking for unexpected insight into the troubles of the BJP, you need look no further than L.K. Advani’s response to the spirited, and on-the-mark, attack on him by Manmohan Singh. His response was a mendacious distinction to the effect that while his attacks on Singh were … [Read more...]






