Congress party must become more democratic. If you live in Delhi, perhaps, you might become immune to any new winds of change. May be you would be a government servant or a politician, even a minister or an MP, from outside Delhi from one of the states. Or, otherwise, you might be one of those…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
West Bengal panchayat elections: violence and losses!
The great humbug of democratic power devolution! The rural poor continue to be neglected! Luckily, the West Bengal’s long-time claims of fame for its ideological purity stands exposed. The Left managed to brainwash a whole generation or two about its real intentions. It has never been a patriotic front. The CPI was better. The CPI…
Oxford academic programme for India’s development?
And a Chinese scholar who hasn’t visited India to lead the research team? Oxford University is doing some innovative programmes on India, it seems. We should wlecome it in India for such innovative programmes, planned and run from far off, from a vantage academic background must surely give us, in India in particular some rare…
Jaswant Singh’s secularism has disheartened me!
Not long ago on a visit to Delhi, I chanced upon Jaswant Singh, the former foreign minister under Vajpayee at the India International Centre, on the Lodi Road. It was nice to see a very urbane and erudite man, I thought. I had read his books, the latest being his deeply moving autobiography and I…
Asian nations and India
India must have its own well-defined foreign policy! India must have its own well-defined self-perception! China will always be our troublesome neighbour and big brother Mr.Pranab Mukerjee, our foreign minister made a recent visit to China. What did he do there and what did he achieve? Not much. There are criticisms in the press that…
India’s future vision
Sonia Gandhi has considerably lowered the image of India Manmohan Singh collaborated in this fall of India’s image and democratic credentials I think it was some time in the year 1965. I was then very much active in politics and I used to be in New Delhi off and on. I used to be associated…
World food crisis draws leaders to Rome!
Thirty seven countries in the world have seen food riots and social unrest! The urban poor have been hard hit, a new historic experience! All time high prices rice, wheat and dairy products! The price of rice had doubled in one year, the other crops, wheat, soya bean and sugar and dairy products have seen…
Grass roots realities!
Jyoti Basu criticises Sonia Gandhi! Will Prakash Karat lad behind? He takes on the Maoist rebels for the woes of West Bengal! Do these persons understand rural India? Rural realities? Zilla Parishads are a must to end the British days-type exploitation and oppression of the people by the government machinery. Change the names of the…