Like Americans, Indians have very poor sense of humour. We have few comedy programmes which depend on funny faces and voices to make people laugh. The humour is coarse and is accompanied by typical background music to allert people that they have to laugh. We are completely unable to laugh at ourselves. This is the reason why our politicians are unable to see how others see them. A bunch of criminal windbags preening with self importance they do not see the hatred and contempt they generate. They surround themselves with Z category security and cause traffic chaos for taxpaying honest citizens to feel superior and generate a false sense of security. Yet regularly we see politicians being murdered either by other politicians with Z security or by their relatives who want a share of the loot. They cannot tolerate any criticism and any attempt to poke fun will be ruthlessly suppressed. The British had a fantastic sense of humour and could make fun of anyone without any restriction at all. I think that this trait of being able to prick any pomposity was behind their Raj. Unfortunately I feel Blair lacks this British trait and is the reason for his troubles.