S.M. Krishna, External Affairs minister.

The cap or the crown of a Foreign minister of India sits uneasily on the head of former CM of Karnataka, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (Gowda), 78, even after 2 years in office. As he was fumbling and learning the ropes and tricks of diplomacy, surrounded by enemies in SAARC region around India, and with no definite foreign policy under his belt, he had to be set aside by Foreign (Dept) secretaries like Siva Shankar Menon (who is now National Security Adviser) and Ms Nirupama Rao (wife of former chief secretary of Karnataka) for an year. Krishna refused to speak to Pakistan, visited Australia and China, but still uncomfortable in his high seat. Shashi Tharoor created several pin-pricks for him as his deputy, until he was thrown out in IPL-Cochi funding scan with a NRI female. He will go to Pakistan on July 15, but not before the two foreign secretaries have drawn up the agenda for talks. SMK did not do much in Bhutan in SAARC regional summit attended by Indian PM. One wonders if Krishna is getting too old to impress.

Virendra Sehwag, N. Delhi &  Lalit Modi, IPL fame