The Hindustan Times wins the Award from me for Creative Blunder of the Year!!!

After a great rebranding exercise and the visionary writings of Sanghvi, Thappar, Hazra and others, who does the Hindustan Times choose as key note for their Leadership Forum: George Bush! Possibly the worst President of the United States in its turbulent 233 year history.

Talk about leadership lessons on things not to do, George “Dubya” Bush takes the cake. Don’t sign Kyoto. Don’t destroy Al Qaida. Attack Iraq. Give profits to your friends at the Oil Companies and Haliburton. Destroy American education. Lead the world into the second worst recession ever by deregulating the financial markets. Have the lowest rating of any President ever.

But in India we love him. Why, because he was “our friend” and gave us “almost” super power status by signing the 123 Nuclear Accord. And like all creative (not) Indians we bring him to our country, give him high honours and then ask him like we ask everyone we meet in our own unimitable, whining, groveling, self-effacing, insecure way “ Please sir, why is it that the World does not give us rightful recognition as a super power and a seat on the Security Council…”

And what does the great, erudite leader of the free world George Bush say in reply….”Get over it!”

Come on Sanghvi et al., let’s choose some better leaders next time round and guide India in the right direction….