Claims Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh saved farmers! Parliament adjourned for a day over farmers’ suicides! Yes, there is a farce going on in New Delhi on the eve of the submission of the budget! The two Houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned over the continuing farmers’s suicides. One national…
Open letter to Kapil Sibal, the science minister
Where were your scientists? When you held the Science Congress? What is the contribution of scientists to agriculture, rural development? Scientists don’t show interest in country’s problems! Scientists don’t contribute to agriculture, biotechnology, seeds and environment and climate change etc? Science Congress President Spoke in the face of the Prime Minister! “Don’t take away precious…
Agri/horti/animal husbandry depts.
Forestry and medicinal crops depts Can generate agriculture prosperity! If Nabard mandate is redrawn and SHGs and microfinance are put under a Cabinet Minister! State level agri finance corporations a must! New subsidies to new generation farm enterprises can usher in economic prosperity in the villages! New insurance cover for the agro-micro enterprises could trigger…
Sonia Gandhi caught in dilemma
Next general elections stir up New Delhi atmosphere! The Congress has neither leader nor a credible manifesto! The next general elections looms large on New Delhi skyline. Even if the Congress is driven into total silence, after the stunning defeat in Gujarat and followed by Himachal, the Opposition parties are becoming more active and more…
Will this budget will the next elections?
Massive farm debt write-off and farm diversification schemes can only revive agriculture and rural employment The Prime Minister’s immediate future prospects look uncertain. His pet project of the nuclear deal is unlikely to see the light of the day before the next elections, if at all. His other pet scheme, rural employment guarantee programme also…
P.Chidambaram
Finance Minister’s taxes are too many and too harassing! Taxes under him have become too many and too cumbersome! Not good enough to make the tax regime simple and transparent. Make the tax regime less harassing! P.Chidambaram, the Finance Minister, is now very much in the news and the TV screen because of the budget….
Parallel cinema movement in Karnataka
How after Kolkatta and Trivandrum, now comes Bangalore! There was this second Bengalooru International film festival in Bangalore. V.N.Subba Roth moving spirit behind it said it was a tremendous success though the Kannada film industry didn’t make much use of it. An estimated 75,000 people vitiated the festival. Girish Kaseravalli, the one star among the…
Bharat Ratna awards contested by political parties!
Mayawati the latest to demand the award for her mentor! PM distances himself! Give the award to all three political heavyweights! Vajpayee, Jyoti Basu, Kanshi Ram, oney! There is a superficial, cheap controversy. This, over the Bharata Ratna award. L.K.Advani, the leader of the Opposition, is perfectly within his rights, or, for that matter, any…