Agriculture, a soft topic or soft target? The magic 4 per cent farm growth will elude the Prime Minister,we warn!The Independence day came and the Prime Minister could not feel free to speak! Yes,he was faced with a major crisis!The Left allies in the UPA threatened to withdraw support for his government on the Indo-nuclear…
Category: General
Thoughts on 60 years of independence!
Time for introspection!We are celebrating 60 years of Independence! What thoughts grips the minds of citizens?Of course India has come a long way. Our first five year plan had only Rs.20,000 crores as the plan expenditure!We had just 25 universities!The best salary of the best brains,be it ICS or the corporate CEOs then were mere peanuts!Today,the…
Why Ethics matters?
Impact of ethics on society and politics Ethics is all about the moral personality of man. About our conduct in society and politics! Ethics brings out our moral strengths, moral courage in our actions. And imparts to civilised society some well-defined moral behaviour and values. Ethics touches every aspect of our lives, personal and the…
Nuclear deal agreement
Indo-US nuclear deal going nowhere? Is it not time for an experts vs common man debate? As I write, our negotiators in the Indo-US nuclear deal are packing their bags to board the plane for Washington. The deal first proposed, the “historic agreement between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush on July…
L.K.Advani vs Manmohan Singh
Compassion vs insensitivity or truth vs hypocrisy? L.K.Advani is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. As such he is a very important person in the democratic politics. Advani has taken up the job of criticising the government whenever he thinks fit. It is his legitimate role. Unfortunately, in India it is still not…
Chandrashekhar
As I know him An idealist and non-conformist in Indian politics The passing away of Chandrashekhar, the former Prime Minister, is a personal loss to me. I couldn’t do anything a whole day as I was so sad and so many memories rushed through my mind all the day. The days I spent with Chandrashekhar…
Communists’ cynicism and negativism?
Why West Bengal and Kerala lag behind other states? Bengal wooes Ratan Tata, Kerala removes Tata Tea Board! West Bengal agri/rural sector continues to boil! The CPM is finding itself at a receiving end. Jyoti Basu, the veteran is called out from his retirement and he is batting for the Chief Minister, Budhdeb Bhattacharya who…
Presidential race : Third Front must not abstain from voting!
The ADMK chief and one of the Third Front leaders,Ms Jayalalitha has come out with the view that the Third Front,consisting of eight parties, would abstain from voting in the Presidential election.This is an absurd political stand! After having constituted the Front in a hastily called meeting in Hyderabad and also in Chennai and after…