17: Sonia Gandhi

Well said KHANS- "JAI HIND" WE NEED POEPLE LIKE YOU IN EVERY CORNER OF INDIA.

I find it amusing as to why Pakistanis on these message boards carry opinions about India's internal matters. Or for that matter India's global imagine. Most, if not all, Indians are least interested in Pakisthani public opinion about India when it comes to its internal matters. Primarily because all Pakistan ever seems to carry about India is Neighbor's envy and resorts to heinous terrorist attacks against innocent Indian civilians, knowing fully well that in open battlefield it will lose a war with India just as it did the last three times.

well sonia has to play the indian game as the hindu extremists are worse then barbie -THE BUTCHER OF LYON -yet she tries to attain a balance

Indian Politicians and government huhhh, completely drown in corruption, and Sonia is not most Influential in India, she is scared of Hindu Extremists.

Yuck! Which Congress sycophant did Newsweek consult for this choice? Fareed Zakaria or Shashi Tharoor?? ;-((

If Sonia Gandhi, did indeed "appoint" members of her party to important positions in the government, I must say she has done well in choosing at least our Prime Minister. However, with regards to the article, I believe that if power here refers to the ability to affect large-scale change, then Mrs. Gandhi should not be on this list. It is true that she can pull party strings and governmental strings, but the extent to which that can affect change in the country is questionable, precisely owing to the multi-party politics that we see in India. Case in point - the near fall of the government over the N-deal.

krishnan nair , chennaiSonia Gandhi expressed her outrage over the nov 26 events in mumbai and sent out a strong message to her party that they cannot afford any more to sit back and allow such events to happen . Her tone smacked of an aloofness associated with queens and empresses, and as if she had no role to play . All the culprits in the whole disaster were directly appointed by her and it happened during her watch . That they were selected for reasons other than competence is another matter . In spite of grave internal and external threats which have been evident for a long time , she chose to appoint sycophants rather than competent persons. Snooping on her rivals in the party and outside using the intelligence machinery took precedence over national security .
She is carefully cultivating her image as a empress of some sort choosing the international leaders she would meet and getting them to call on her . Her photograph with her family attending a royal family wedding in Bhutan is all part of this exercise .the tax paying public is paying for advertisements promoting her .
The nation is paying a heavy price for this exercise in vanity . Why the Indian media panders to this incompetent , undereducated , ill-equipped lady is beyond comprehension .
She rules by dispensing patronage and distributing plum, lucrative portfolios to allies and shutting her eyes to rampant curruption . The political class may play along because it suits them; but the media is expected to ask questions and be objective. ???enough is enough???.