Today, Indian politics is, to use a colloquial term, in a tizzy. First, the government is in an unstable situation. Why, the very governance is almost derailed. The Prime Minister might hold on but he is too much exposed to various criticisms. His word doesn’t carry much weight. There is not much indication that the…
Month: June 2012
Deeply moving, deeply touching!
A memoir of a son of his highly talented and highly committed parents! Parental failures at the higher levels? Yes, this book is a painful reminder of this truth? I like to ask after reading this otherwise deeply moving, deeply touching memoir of a son of his very highly talented and committed parents. The later…
Prime Minister is clearly overworked!
He is simply exhausted! He had flown around 50 hours in one week! His eight-day tour took him across 50,000 km in four continents! Is such hard work worth? Why international diplomacy at this time of the crisis-ridden domestic situation? What about the economic slow-down and when governance is almost at a standstill? Prime Minister’s…
Presidential Election in India
A Plea for a Conscience Vote! P.A.Sangma is the “Opposition” candidate An open and democratic contest is all the more good for a mature democracy/The new cohesion and also the new contradictions in the party ranks is all the more goof as a public education for the politicians who have become all the more cynical…