Lots of talks that are empty of any substance! After the JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) campus row there are too much talk about Freedom of Speech and Nationalism and anti-nationalism. It is alleged (we have to say so for there are no exact records or any other evidence) hat freedom of speech is denied or…
Category: Politics
Jat agitation in Haryana
Signs of rural distress for a dominant community? Why suddenly the flare-up in Haryana? Demand for reservation in jobs and education for the dominant caste of the Jats is not new or sudden either. Why now, after the BJP government seemed settled to attend to development in the context of new opportunities? The widespread agitation…
Decline of political standards in India?
Yes, it looks like that! Causes and what can be done about it? In the West, both in the USA and Europe they talk of political apathy. In India we have to talk of political decline, decline in the quality of politics. No one talks of this trend, the current trend is very visible both…
India needs a clear vision!
A transparent road map A great country and a great democracy need a well-articulated political philosophy, right? A comprehensive economic development philosophy is also very urgent for India. We seem to be still caught up in a world view that is well past us, right now. A realistic foreign policy framework is also called for. …
Bihar election outcome!
The many implications! First, the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019 could be very different! Nitish Kumar, the alternative Prime ministerial candidate? The revolt within the BJP can have other implications! What about the future of the Congress? Bihar is a backward state. So, not much close attention is not given to its performance under…
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s political future
M.L.Fotedar’s time bomb? Now, the Bihar’s Assembly election results had suddenly changed the Indian political landscape. With Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav’s sweep of Bihar, the assertive and even aggressive Narendra Modi seems beatable in the next general election. This is too short a time in which Mr.Modi’s historic 2014 Lok Sabha election seemed to be a…
Prime Minister Modi has done well so far!
Confidence high, hopes positive! But the atmosphere is vitiated by contradictory forces from within the ruling alliance Lack of a coherent modern ideology leads to lawlessness, violence and criminality in public behaviour on the part of various levels of leaders? The PM could do more, especially at the grass-roots and at the many institutional levels!…
Prime Minister’s powers under the Constitution
Peoples’ faith in democratic processes should not be undermined! In a year and so Mr.Narendra Modi has transformed India from a distraught nation into a very vibrant and optimistic country. There is a hope and expectation on a wider front. India’s profile on the international front is now perhaps at the highest point since the…