Category: General

Development agenda doesn’t win voters! Not yet! The 2009 Lok Sabha elections make a definite paradigm shift. There is a new emphasis on development and government performance. The Congress harps on its performance and cites the Bharat Nirman and rural employment guarantee schemes as the two flagship development schemes and  appeals for the aam aadmi…

What the election results mean to the Congress?  To the BJP and other big parties? Any general election is a major political event. The 2009 Lok Sabha elections and the results are no different. That is no different from the past trends. May be in the last two decades we saw the unstable coalitions and…

A credible personality as the Prime Minister! Appoint Nandan Nilekani as the head of the Indian Planning Commission! Appoint Narayanamurthy as Ambassador to the USA! The G-20 meet in London marked the new US President Barack Obama emerging on the international stage and meeting with the world’s most powerful and in a way the most…

The debate over strong and weak Prime Ministers! There is a furious debate in the Indian media, more on the more powerful and impactful TV news channels than in the drab and dull print media. It is all about how the now on the defensive-Congress led coalition facing up to the determined challenge posed by…

There is very little news in the Indian media, both print and TV news channels, about the G-20 meet and the participation of the Indian Prime Minister as one of the countries of the G-20.The developed countries have a great role, as next to the USA, it is the European countries, UK, France and Germany,…

There can only be two political fronts in Indian politics! The Third Front is a passing illusion only! Parties must spell out their basic ideologies! Party leaders, prime ministerial aspirants must be exposed on the TV channels and media outfits! I write this as a long-standing Congressman (I enrolled myself as a Congress party member,…

Needs to be raised high! Prime Minister out of hospital and still recuperating! Yet unwilling to delegate authority to his colleagues! Eight or nine Cabinet positions kept vacant! No deputy Prime Minister nor independent Finance Minister! What is happening in India? To the Indian democracy? To India’s image abroad? Sending out routine officials as ambassadors…

Sharad Pawar juxtaposes his moves with Congress and also with Shivsena and Samajwadi Party! What really Sonia Gandhi knows about the Congress party position in the States? She depends upon immature and selfish elements as well as undependable allies like the DMK. NCP leader Sharad Pawar held a meeting with Shif Sena working president Uddhav…