In an article titled " PM Redeems his image " in today's Hindustan Times, one Pankaj Vohra writes that by claiming responsibility for appointing Mr PJ Thomas as Vigilance Commissioner the Prime Minister has answered every accusation in a heroic act of self sacrifice. It is shocking to see such a puerile piece of shameless foot licking being printed as serious journalism by a leading english daily. What value do the words " claiming responsibility " have if not accompanied by any action? Today the Japanese Foreign Minister, Seiji Maehara has resigned because of doubts about campaign funding. The German Defence Minister resigned a couple of days ago after reports of plagiarism in his PhD dissertation. A French minister resigned after admitting her family had business links with Hosni Mubarak. Here in India our most revered leader just admits " responsibility." Does he admit responsibility for protecting the previous telecom minister, Mr Raja for over one year while Mr Raja was apparently making billions of rupees in bribes gifting 2G licenses? What about the Commonwealth Games which cost Rs 800 billion and was a complete Congress affair? The total amount of money stolen has not yet been published nor the names of all those who looted the nation. Crooks we understand. All our politicians are criminals and all civil servants treacherous thieves. Once in a while one goes too far, is caught in the act and prosecuted. Though not one has been jailed so far at least we get the satisfaction of knowing who to abuse as in the case of Sukhram, also a former telecom minister. But a man completely without honor, clinging on despite being tarred is most dangerous. What do you do to someone so low?