Few who saw the tragedy and massacre of partition are alive now. I know a little about it as narrated to me by my parents. Not many who faced the atrocities of Indira Gandhi's Emergency are alive today.

Few relate with the Sikh massacre in Delhi in 1984. Fewer know about the genocide of Hindus in Kashmir in 1990. Obviously, you cannot expect all to remember the games played by politicians in the past and understand the politics of today in its light.

Why I could never hold Subramanian Swamy in high esteem though I did appreciate his court cases against Gandhi family is that whatever he does is for his petty selfish interests and not for any principles.

Swamy's story has been full of connivance and betrayal.

I have been following him since emergency days when, in 1976, while an arrest warrant had been issued in his name, Swamy mysteriously entered the Parliament, attended the session and managed to escape the country after the session was adjourned. It was generally believed that this was managed by RSS, the organisation he later called "our counter culture" and blamed for "creeping fascism".

Swamy came close to Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 on his return to Bharat and their friendship blossomed so much later that they would meet almost every evening.

Later, Subramanian Swamy joined NDA and used his proximity to Jayalalita for an entry into Vajpayee's cabinet. Vajpayee, like Modi today, knew what Swamy was capable of and did not succumb to the pressure and kept him at an arm's length.

A lot happened during Vajpayee's term as PM. I may not recall all the developments in the right order but there were many games played by Jaylalita, Sonia and Subramanian Swamy for their political benefits. Vajpayee did not oblige Jayalalita on many of her unethical demands, ignored Swamy and preferred to see his Govt fall in Parliament for just one vote. Sonia Gandhi was also a part of the game but she betrayed them by claiming to form a Govt without their support. It is since then that Swamy is against Sonia. This is far from being a principled stand.

Swamy, having nowhere to go, joined BJP in the hope that Modi, a new face in national politics, would fail to see through his designs. But Modi knew what to do with over ambitious but selfish and untrustworthy people like Subramanian Swamy, Yashwant Sinha, Shatrughna Sinha and Arun Shourie etc. The drowning politician Swamy is making his last desperate attempts at surviving as a politician but digging his own grave.