The lone success of Modi's Make-in-India campaign, quipped a friend. He was talking, of course, about Kanhaiya Kumar, who has emerged from his ordeal of being charged with sedition, beaten up by goons and jailed for three weeks, not broken or chastened but as a bright, confident political leader radiating charm and charisma. People were impressed by his spontaneous grace, wit and eloquence, when he spoke to his fellow students at Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU) at night, after his release on interim bail. We should give him even more credit for the good political sense he displayed in his speech. To begin with, he did not play victim. He chose not to dwell on his suffering, although he...
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