'കേരള ജനതയെ ധന്യമാക്കുവോ?!'**

Mr. Advani's apology to Mrs. Gandhi, over his accusation on her (family's) alleged Swiss-bank accounts, is perhaps the only political news-item in the recent past, that seems to suggest that everything might not be wrong everywhere, after all.

However, that most media soundbytes and columns on the apology portray Mr. Advani as less-than-clever, or even downright clueless; and that the BJP itself, instead of taking pride that it has a gentleman of impeccable integrity at the helm, has gone on the defensive; bear testimony to the degeneration of modern-day political and social life, where common decency, politeness and good-manners are looked upon as shortcomings.

We deserve the kind of leaders we get!

**Header courtesy : "കേരള ജനതയെ ധന്യമാക്കുവോ?!" - Jagathy Sreekumar, as a slick manipulator in an otherwise-forgettable & cliched Malayalam movie on Keralam's Central-Travancore Christian politics.