Category: General

India, the inarticulate nation? Is India playing its role as an economic power and a political force? India, now the fifth biggest world economy? The largest democracy and yet an inarticulate and non-speaking giant? Yes, it looks like that!Hilary Clinton was all charm and outgoing.India,the inarticulate and everyone who counts is unable to voice  our…

When a government doesn’t act and creates more confusion! Could the Lokpal have prevented? Scams like CVC, 2G and the latest CAG report the on KG gas allocations? Certainly not! We need transparency in governance! Leaders with moral scruples must speak out and act in time like this. For that we need to adhere to…

Maintain gravitas! Anna shouldn’t go for fast-unto-death too often! That would expose him to many criticisms and even derail his otherwise noble mission of service to the nation. Yes, there are some very good developments in the Indian political space lately. The 2009 Lok Sabha elections brought the UPA-II to office on the note of…

Tamil Nadu was the real challenge! Chief Election Commissioner says so!  Why? Elections and democracy’s survival now hinges on the way the big corporates go about lobbying for licenses, even now! The Chief Election Commissioner SY.Quraishi must be congratulated for his bold and decisive steps he and his team has taken to conduct the state…

Let us not reduce time-honoured institutions partisan politics! This will rebound on the government and the party system in our democracy! The Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Parliament has come out with a report  that, to say the least, is as troubling as when the Supreme Court said about the PM’s inactiveness in the first place…

Strong case for a new breakaway Congress party in Tamil Nadu Damaging revelations on Rahul Gandhi’s capabilities! Sonia Gandhi confidants give some revealing inside story of Sonia Gandhi! Yes, there is a mood of rebellion against the corrupt DMK in Tamil Nadu. The DMK is deep in corruption cases now monitored by the Supreme Court….

They mess up alliance with the DMK with no pre-poll alliance with any common minimum programme or about sharing power if the alliance wins This gives the corrupt DMK party to maneuver to monopolize power with father-son duo to stick as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister posts. The Congress party under Sonia Gandhi and…

Does  Sonia Gandhi wants the Tamil Nadu voters to vote for the corrupt DMK? Can Sonia Gandhi-Rahul Gandhi duo save the Congress in Tamil Nadu? Youth Congress  in the state and its new leaders are left in the lurch When Rahul Gandhi conducted the elections to the Youth Congress in Tamil Nadu with a team…