This is what the proud winners of this new mandate have to remember. People give such stunning mandates for change, for new ideas, a shift from the past. This is particularly so now, when people vote out of aspiration and ambition rather than grievance and vengeance. That is why the leaders who have won this mandate, Sonia, Manmohan Singh, Rahul, would do well to remember that tough lesson of 1984: trust your instinct and do not flinch from change, and a legacy of success is yours. Slip back into formulas of the past, and the euphoria of 206 could vanish twice as fast as that of 412.
sg@expressindia.com