Category: General

Time and Tide wait for none! The silence of Anna & co is very worrying. This reflects their own dilemma and also the very complexity of the current political scenario. In fact, this piece must be taken as an open letter to two if the columns written by two activists, namely, Prof.Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow…

Indian democracy is alive and kicking? The Indian debate has ramifications beyond its borders! Yes, the test is talking the truth and upholding political morality! Who will be the next Prime Minister? Anna Hazare disbanded his team. Now, Ramdev has started a fast. Fasting in democratic politics has its own power and limitations. India has…

Is that the real alternative? In a multi-party democracy like India, to start one more party and to fight the elections is no big news. Or, is it? Ironically, The Hindu, the famed news daily wrote an editorial but didn’t carry this “big news” on its front page! This is irony! We, Indians basically, are…

Let me  be  a bit honest and  also rather blunt. I am simply overwhelmed by what I saw in China now. The massive-scale developments, giant international airports, very modern elevated roads within the cities and outside, the vast skyscrappers, one the third highest tower in the world, the vast  malls and  the very high standards…

The next two years! Till the next General Elections in 2014! Critical for very many big projects to take-off! Labour unrest, big infrastructure projects like Delhi Metro Express PPP model, Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor etc FDI, India-China, India-Japan and South Korean industrial ventures all need to be tackled on a war footing! Is there the will-power?…

Today, Indian politics is, to use a colloquial term, in a tizzy. First, the government is in an unstable situation. Why, the very governance is almost derailed. The Prime Minister might hold on but he is too much exposed to various criticisms. His word doesn’t carry much weight. There is not much indication that the…

A Plea for a Conscience Vote! P.A.Sangma is the “Opposition” candidate An open and democratic contest is all the more good for a mature democracy/The new cohesion and also the new contradictions in the party ranks is all the more  goof as a public education for the politicians who have become  all the more cynical…

Let no one do the same mistake as did in 2007 Indian Parliament celebrated its 60 years with due solemnity and appropriate protocols. What was noticeable in the speeches of leaders, from the Prime Minister to Sonia Gandhi and even the Opposition leaders was the stark fact that none of them  recalled  any of the…