Wandering and Meandering Romesh Thapar IT would be a politically educative exercise to research the pressures around Rajiv Gandhi, and how they were dealt with before the decisions were taken on the judicial enquiry into the post-assassination assault on the Sikhs. There is a widespread assumption that the Prime Minister wants to cleanse the political pollution, but powerful interests are confusing him, misleading him. However, despite the dilly-dallying, many anxieties have dissolved. The follow-up on other Punjab tangles should be prompt. Extremism has to be isolated by sensitive governance. The danger is the wandering and meandering.