Sonia 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”.