Is there any basic economic or political ideological thinking? Prakash Karat, the CPI (M) general secretary is now a sad men so, too the others like the much-talking comrades, from D.Raja to Sitaram Yechury and vetran Pranab Bhardan and the others. Where have all the Bengal comrades gone? Why no tremor or any noise? What…
Category: General
Prime Minister’s parting shot!
PM blames the media for all his troubles! Will history judge him kindly or harshly? Ask some historians! Yes, PM Dr.Singh in his third and last press conference has announced that he won’t seek a third term. Was this news? Nor no news? It was almost, if we can say, non-news! Why? His last present…
American politics, society and culture
Afghan President visit to India And, suddenly, this ugly Indo-American face-ff erupts! We had almost finished writing this essay detailing what the latest Afghan-American face- off is like! But then the latest face-off between India and the Americans came out! What an irony and also what a sad turn to the widely perceived friendly Indo-American…
Prime Minister, Parliament and the Constitution
Prime Minister is the supreme political authority under the Constitution. Unfortunately, things are turned upside down! What a surprise! I was to write on the Prime Minister’s current difficulties over the Coalgate scam and the way he is almost hounded by the media and the Opposition parties and a variety of vested interests. Poor man!…
Prime Minister, Parliament and the Constitution
Prime Minister is the supreme political authority under the Constitution. Unfortunately, things are turned upside down! What a surprise! I was to write on the Prime Minister’s current difficulties over the Coalgate scam and the way he is almost hounded by the media and the Opposition parties and a variety of vested interests. Poor man!…
Eluding justice to the common citizens?
Lalu Prasad Yadav in jail The pending cases are pending for political reasons? Special courts to try political corruption must function on day- to-day basis! How many courts and how long years wait for trying political, economic offences? We are a democracy and other countries like Russia and China are not so openly democracies. But…
Narendra Modi : will he make it in the 2014 elections?
Rahul Gandhi’s chances any better? The 2014 general elections in India has generated much heat and many expectations. Expectations that this is the first time that the BJP is pitching for a high stake claim by projecting Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister for the powerful office of India’s Prime Minister. India is no more…
India is set to go through a difficult year!
Time to live through a more turbulent time for India only now comes through! Only now onwards! The biggest crisis is the credibility crisis! Who would trust the leaders? The Prime Minister’s American visit is fine! But will the Indian people trust when it is said that the PM would sign an agreement with the…