Independence Day celebrations this year were marked by some unexpected developments in the country. There is this swine flu scare that kept away large sections of people from the usual crowds we witness on this historic day. Many schools in the cities, including in Delhi and elsewhere, in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore ‘cancelled’ the celebrations…
Category: General
Big issues call for big thinking and big imagination
How are our foreign policy initiatives? The Home Minister has visited the USA. He sought US help for tracking the Pakistani terrorists, particularly, Hafiz Sayed, the chief of JuD, earlier known as LeT, who masterminded the Mumbai attacks. Can the US help India? In the Indo-Pakistani affairs? No one seemed to have asked. Kuldip Nayar,…
Do you know this side of America?
A racially charged atmosphere prevails there? Yes, it looks the US is a society, with all its great strengths and maturity still feels vulnerable when it comes to the age-old racial issues. There is still, it seems a simmering undercurrent of unease when it comes to racial equality. It is very much like India’s own…
PM must give way to new leadership!
A democratically elected leader must become the Prime Minister A Prime Minister is a leader. A genuine leader leads and he believes in a set of hardcore beliefs. What are Manmohan Singh’s beliefs? What is his belief system, his ideology? Time and tide wait for nobody? Yes, in politics too this seems to be the case. Now,…
Pranab Mukerjee’s populist budget
A sweet revenge against his boss and rivals? Is there any hidden agenda? A hidden agenda could mean many things. It could be a hidden economic agenda or it could well be a political agenda as well. However you interpret the agenda, the hidden meanings could take different hue and meanings and messages. One thing…
Do political ideologies matter?
What is the status of political ideology in Indian politics today? Congress gets a near majority! BJP broken up, the Left broken in West Bengal, wiped out in Kerala Dravidian fanatical fringe and Trinamul obduracy tilting at the Congress windmill What ideological clarity drives the Indian polity’s strengths and value system? Are we a more…
Barack Obama’s Middle East speech
India’s response not enough! India has just concluded a major election, the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. This is India’s 15th major election and the results of the election proved beyond doubt, if there is any doubt or any doubters, both domestic and foreign, that India has emerged and is becoming a fairly mature democratic society…
Indian election results
What it points to? The ideological perspective and the media perspective The 2009 Lok Sabha elections have certainly given a sweep of sorts. There is an all India perspective to the outcome of the elections. There is a vote for a strong and a stable India. Also, there is a vote for a secular India….