Category: General

Anything but positive! There is much cynicism and also much anger to give a jolt to sweet dreams! Will it be Rahul Gandhi or Rajnath Singh? The new BJP President has tough task ahead! Rajnath Singh’s “farmer face”! BJP has a new president and says Rajnath’s farmer friendly politics may help the party! What does…

Here are short videos of my political thoughts and comments: Why we need change in Tamil Nadu? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0OmRHOXFuQ] I want to create a Congress Culture in Tamil Nadu [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIhC5gsgS4]

Britain has not learnt any lessons from India? Britain seems to live in the past, it seems.  It likes to see Indians still as slavish, inferior and subservient?  No more! Today’s India is vibrant, independent, entrepreneurial and very assertive! Bangalore Date : 16.11.2012 Dr.James Lofthouse, Oxford Today. Oxford, UK. E-mail : oxford.today@admin.ox.ac.uk Dear Dr.Lofthouse, I…

Challenges on the ideological front! Tatas and Infosys into the donation controversy! What future for the anti-corruption movement? The immediate provocation for this blog is the latest interview I read about by Yogendra Yadav, the political analyst and a much-admired idealist-turned activist who is spearheading the movement headed by Arvind Kejriwal and his team of…

What is the rationale? The aim and timing? To accelerate reforms and growth? Or, a gamble, desperation and divert public attention? What about major election-eve issues like corruption, lack of direction and momentum etc? Yes, the recent major cabinet reshuffle, at the face of it, looks like a major change? What is this major change…

The dilemma facing Indian democracy today America, India and China What is common for them in economic  and political arenas? The time seems appropriate for asking such a question. A question that is heavily laden with serious issues of peoples of the respective countries as well as for some of the big global issues of  …

We have reached a new paradigm shift! Media has become the activist participant in the battle! All sacred cows have been taken out and laid in the open! Every citizen is now drawn into the battle and so it seems this time we might succeed. Very likely this time we might succeed! The way the…

Tackling large-scale corruption is still important! Running government under Constitutional obligations calls for decisive action. Is the government doing all these things? That is the reason why we find ourselves in such bad shape. Outside world would surely understand we have killed as norms and obligations and stick to power at any cost! We have…