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…
Open letter to Priya Ranjan Das Munshi!
Doordharshan under him very boring! Private channels do much public service They have citizen journalists, expose corruption, injustices etc Tehelka is the high-watermark of private service capabilities that serve the larger public interest. What public service broadcasting DD does? DD is supposed to be a public service broadcasting organisation. What public service it renders, now?…
Visva Bharati and others
His Excellency Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor, Raj Bhavan, Kolkatta Dear Your Excellency Gandhi, Sub: Visva Bharati and others Hope you remember me. Today I read in the Kolkatta daily, Telegraph, about the incidents at Santiniketan. Immediately I spoke to my friends there and got some idea of the happenings. Since I had earlier visited the place…
Letter to Dr.Karan Singh, MP
Dr.Karan Singh M.P., Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi Dear Dr.Karan Singh, Hope you remember me. Here is another letter for you to read. In fact, I have attached a copy of the letter I wrote to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi on the state of the Congress and the government. Now, as for the current peregrinations on the…
American elections: Democratic Primaries
Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton prove Race and Gender don’t matter in American democracy! In India? Modi and Mayawati win: Religion and Caste still wins elections here! In America the election of the President is clear from day one. Only one wins and he or she wins through a process of open election. The election…
PM’s China visit likely to produce what results?
I shook hands with Chouc-En-Lai! PM’s moves and priorities won’t help the Congress! Prime Minister’s asking China’s co-operation to help India in the civil nuclear power programme looks a bit untenable. USA might help India because of strategic advantages. But will China help? And, pray, is the Prime Minister right in pushing for nuclear power…