Courtly and Academic

I picked up something mildly amusing from here.

"Later this week Manmohan Singh, India’s courtly and academic prime minister, will meet President George W. Bush at the White House. This unlikely couple will shake hands and congratulate each other that the US-India nuclear deal has passed the Indian parliament and been accepted by the international Nuclear Suppliers Group."

Unlikely couple!! Manmohan Singh is courtly and academic, which I am assuming is a compliment. What does that make President Bush then?

By the way the article itself is very interesting. Please read it.