How the Sonia-Singh dispensation has brought about a corrupt political class nexus with corporate power. P.Sainath in The Hindu says how the top two CEOs helped to save the Singh government survive the trust vote in 2008! What values drive our national vision? Anyone spelt out? Reflections on European political parties and elections There are…
Where are the reformers now?
They have gone away? Or hidden under some bush! So, we are all now populists! Yes, that is how we have to describe the Delhi scene! There is more news or clamour now about the austerity drive launched by Pranab Mukerjee, the unflappable one man for all seasons! He travels economy class while some of…
What is happening in India?
Economic reforms, economic recovery or any sense of economic growth? In international arena? In foreign policy we have to move away or move forward from Sharm-el-Sheikh and Nuclear deal to other more pressing issues like wars, oil, energy, climate change and UN reforms and much more issues of the day. India has a place in…
Congress patent Aam aadmi?
Aam aadmi then can steal your clothes, dont you see? Congress patented aam aadmi? See the bye-election results! Yeddyurappa for 36 point rural development! AP political reality point to ugly corporate-politicians nexus! Tamil Nadu exhibits coalition degenerating into family empire! Yes, even coalitions must have some baci principles, some basic truths and some basic ethics…
The “Delhi Game”? That is what AP politics is all about?
Yes, that is how the new political forces centering around Mr.Jaganmohan Reddy are talking about in Hyderabad. This is just a warning signal to things to come in AP. Hopefully it is not a pattern that could engulf the Congress in Delhi. The point is that any great mind or a great leader or a…
A (HINI) virus toll continues to climb-regarding
Mrs.Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress, 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-100 011 Dear Mrs. Gandhi, Sub: A (HINI) virus toll continues to climb-regarding As I write the N (HINI) virus toll climbed to 77 as 186 persons contracted the infection this Monday. So, the problem hasn’t abated, rather it continues to haunt the country. Parents…
An Open Letter to L.K.Advani
It is a great tragedy that a very senior and upright leader like you at this venerable age of 82 must find yourself in such a great dilemma. Whether to retire or not? From active politics? Yes, this is a great tragedy simply because you are in a dilemma. Age gives wisdom. That is the…
The decade we live through… This decade?
Do you know what this nameless decade? The Obama decade? The world is in crisis or in confidence? To understand the world we live in needs enormous knowledge and wisdom. The world is always in a sort of oddity. The world is not easy to live or easy to understand. The place is full of…