I completely agree with the author. We are conducting a witch hunt, based on no concrete evidence. The concerned person (Mr Natwar Singh) is, above all, a citizen of India. If he has to be indicted at all, the people of India need to first convince themselves of his guilt based on available evidence permissible under Indian laws. There is no point in getting aggravated just because an American bureaucrat, based on documents available only to him, "thinks" that Mr Natwar Singh might have received money. I think that it is high time that we take ourselves seriously as a soverign nation and not start jumping up and down every time Uncle Sam (or any Tom, Dick and Harry for that matter) start sneezing. This is not to say that a probe should not be instituted. But that should be done only after there is enough prima facie evidence for the same. Till then, Mr Singh should be treated as innocent until proven guilty and not the other way round.
