NEW DELHI, Jan. 18 -- For nearly a year, the only reason many looked in newspapers or at TV screens was for news of the vaccine, and finally when the vaccine is ready to roll out, there is a waning of interest. "What's the problem?" I asked an old man who had actually rolled up his sleeves many months before and was now rolling them down and had his arms in defensive knots, "Why this reluctance for the vaccine?" "Rumours!" he whispered, beckoning me to a corner of the tea shop where we were sipping tea. "What rumours?" I asked puzzled. "That I will have to give my allegiance either to the Central government or the state rulers!" "What?" I shouted incredulously. "Yes," he said, looking over his shoulder, "Both the centre and the state will t...