The political challenges and opportunities! We need new ideological articulations! So many distortions, so many contradictions! Democracy faces the dangers of a mobocracy! Even the political class seems driven by selfishness and greed! See even the ministers and their kin have indulged in large scale corruption and corrupt deals! Many cases are knocking at the…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Letter to The Hon’ble J.Jayalalitha
Bangalore Date : 10.04.2013 The Hon’ble J.Jayalalitha, President, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Lloyds Road, Royapettai, Chennai-600 014 Dear Madam, Sub: 2014 General Elections-regarding I take this opportunity of introducing myself as a Congressman since a long time. I grew up under the shadow of Pandit Nehru (since my Santiniketan days in the 1950s)…
Letter to Hon’ble Mamata Banerjee
Bangalore 12th April, 2013 Hon’ble Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal, Writers Building, Kolkata Sub: Violence in Kolkata-Presidency University-the future of Indian polity-the future of the Indian National Congress-regarding Dear Chief Minister Mamataji, I am a former student of Santiniketan, Visvabharati for four long years and so I can address you this way…
Letter to Sri Sharad Yadav
Bangalore 16th April, 2013 Sri Sharad Yadav, President, Janata Dal (United), Head Office, 7,Jantar Mantar, New Delhi Sub: 2014 elections-need for forging an alternative front and a political ideology-regarding Dear Sharad Yadavji, Congratulations for your re-election as the President of the Janata Dal for the third time. I am no stranger to you though we…
Rare audience with Pope Benedict XVI!
What a surprise and miracle! Soon after this rare event comes the pope’s voluntary retirement! First time in 600 years of such a unique history such a thing happened! The Pope we saw and got his blessings, within a month went on to announce his resignation! Yes, the year 2013 held out so many unexpected…
A vision for agriculture, Indian and global agriculture!
A vision for India’s villages! Hopes for a sustainable world! Hopes for a stable and equitable world! All these revolve around how we see agriculture and the rural lives! All are big themes and big thinking! This calls for some fresh thinking and fresh ideas. Too many people, all experts and visionaries and all with…
Polity, economy and governance
A serious ideological articulation is needed! Prime Minister must imbue certain gravitas! His words must carry weight and conviction! Truth should be the touchstone! Ultimately, it is public opinion that would decide. The current set of players would be judged by the series of scams and scandals. The government might ignore things for the moment….
Travel, history and part-autobiography
Some days in Rome and Italy Why we should study Roman history? What lessons for the Indian people? There are lessons even now! Roman history, the rise and evolution of the Roman Empire, some 2,000 years of continuous success story, so to say, is because of the Romans’ victory over their rival empire, Carthage in…