Friday, May 21, 2004
Unitended consequences...
The Economist and Businessweek have Dr. Manmohan Singh on their current covers. True to form too, since the Economist has, over the past 2 years, been paying more attention to India than any other western newsmagazine. One of the unintended consequences of Dr. Singh becoming PM may be that ignorance about the Sikh religion (the world's fifth largest) may come down a little bit. Not that I expect rednecks, who attacked Sikhs post 9/11 assuming that anyone who wore a turban had to be an Islamic terrorist, to notice the election of Dr. Singh or read the Economist, but I remain optimistic.
