I honestly believe that history will bekinder to me than the contemporary media or for that matter a opposition partiesin Parliament former Prime Minister Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has his fair share ofadmirers and detractors in his long and distinguished career as he turnseighty-seven here's a look at the Economist Prime Minister to a series ofrare interviews Narasimha Rao ji said, no you go and get dressed up and coming for theswearing-in-ceremony so that's how I I became the Finance Minister so People say I was an accidental Prime Minister I was also an accidental Finance Minister Dr. Singh spearheaded India's pathbreaking economic reforms in 1991 as Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao govt when I became finance minister in the very first nine monthsof that year I reduced the fiscal deficit by two percentage of GDP ithas not been done before it has never been done after birth it was in 2004that the spotlight was done on him in a simple twist of feat look at thatstatement Sonia Gandhi made in 2004 some calling it a political master strokewhen she declined the Prime Minister's post the nation chose Congress theCongress choose Sonia but Sonia shocked many by choosing a man who was leastpolitical and perhaps the most loyal to 10 Janpath Manmohan Singh was made the Prime Minister and his stringent fiscal policies steered India's safely throughthe 2008 financial crisis beating the World Bank's forecast to clock in sixpercent growth they usually soft-spoken technocrat took a strong stand on thehistoric INDO - US civil nuclear deal despite fierce opposition from coalitionpartners however, news of the Rs 7000 - crore Satyam scam eclipsed his economic performance and then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi called him a weak Prime Ministerthe way that you have attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a weak manyou will actually criticize him for being away from the public for so manymonths even though you know us on I didn’t say that. I said when he wasn’t there, no one realised he was gone Dr Singh defied expectations and was re-elected in 2009 he continued to pursue peaceful ties with Pakistandespite the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 I have always believed that thedestinies of people of India and Pakistan are very closely linked into methat we have wasted a lot of time in the past in acrimonious debatesthe time has come to write a new chapter in history of our relationship povertyrates dropped to an all-time low in 2012 but the celebrations were short-lived asseveral high-profile scams broke out in quick succession - 2G,CWG and coalallocation opposition leaders began to call him "MaunMohan Singh" a moniker using the Hindi word 'maun' meaning silent for his perceived lack of action againstcorruption Today, the top story in newspapers is that ‘Maunmohan’ Singh went to Himachal and broke his silence. As scam after scam came to light, the opposition’s attack grew sharper Our problem is that you are not loyal to the nation and that’s why we cannot trust you you don’t remember loyalty and we don’t remember injustice There are 2 phases of life. One you don’t remember, one we don’t remember The ability of govt and political leadership to handle this crisis, itself has lost confidence not only in the country but is also losing the confidence of the investing community I ask you all what type of government do you want in India? Do you want a lame government? Do you want a dumb government? or you want remote-controlled government? the Congress lost the 2014 elections by a landslide margin all the Dr. Singh is no longer in power he continues to defy the Maunmohan moniker through sharp attacks on economic issues demonetization is organised loot and legalised plunder they have placed hardships on people of India by hastily introducing GST soon after demonetization India has the potential to grow at a much fasterrate but all around mismanagement by the Modi government has resulted in thisslowdown so how will history remember Dr. Singh the popular view today is thatthe 10 years of UPA were a complete waste of time and I'm saying no sorrythat is not the case in UPA 1 it was not a waste of time because a verysignificant achievements of this Prime Minister but it is true that in repairtwo things went wrong while this academic term politician has beenpraised for his economic reforms his meek and understated personality worked against him as more aggressive leader started gaining popularity the largerimpression of him seems to be that he was a puppet Prime Minister whose apronstrings were tied to the Gandhi family while you may not have many fans of hispolitical acumen it continues to be your be a well-respected voice on the economy if you are going to take that the market takes care of everything then you will see - 2 India one small island growing fast and the rest of the economy mired it's in contradiction of slow growth andstarvation whichever side of history you're on one thing is for sure Dr.Singh will always be remembered as a gentleman Prime Minister
Thank you Awkwafina, for taking that beautifulbullet for all of us, and thank God I wrote my speech down. Hi! Ellen, we got to keep the best friend stuffgoing on the deal okay, because a lot of my best friends are here. Okay, I mean, you would think after 30 yearsof being in this industry, getting up here would be easy, and it's not. It's terrifying. It's not that often we're surrounded by peoplewho found their voice and are using it, and using it to hold people up and bring peopletogether and that to me is true power. I mean, it's funny because I've never, youknow, I've never actually thought about myself as powerful. I mean, strong? Yes, but powerful, not mm-hmm. It's a distinction I've actually been thinkinga lot about lately because the word power and its counterpart, abuse of power keep comingup in light of what is happening in our country and in our industry, a rebalancing of thescales, I guess you could say. I've been thinking about my ow...
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