No doubt, in 1991, as yet untouched by Sonia Gandhi and her NGO friends, Manmohan Singh as a career economist heading the Finance Ministry was indeed a novel idea. One can definitely argue with enough evidence that Dr. Singh did provide the actual technical detailing to Mr. Rao’s vision when the reform process was unleashed and their effectiveness was essentially due to their teamwork. Yet, here too, Ramesh attempts to pay his due loyalties to the Gandhi family.