Indian democracy faces multiple challenges! We can’t take for granted the current realities alone! There can be unanticipated developments! Politics is now all the passion and superficial concern of the dominant sections of society. Every one, I mean the citizen, who has made some progress in life, earned wealth and an ambition to further his…
Category: Politics
The Karnataka Assembly election verdict!
Lessons learnt and unlearnt! A new political horizon seems opening in India at the moment. It is the outcome of the election verdict and the immediate developments.! The Karnataka Assembly election results surprised everyone concerned. There are many stake-holders, so to say. Of course it is another matter that stake -holders also had their own…
Mixed signals about the future of the country and our own democracy
Public perceptions and the public opinion! The Prime Minister completes four years in office. The Prime Minister’s office (the PMO) is perhaps the most powerful political office under our Constitution. Our laws are also very different from those of the US government and the US Constitutional practices. See there the role of the law officers….
War of words between the RBI Governor and the Finance Minister!
The finance ministry’s response is lethargic, to say the least! We, citizens, know this is how the RBI is managed! Mr.Urjit Patel, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India has revealed, for the first time, we believe that the big bank scams and frauds can’t be controlled! He cites the reasons. One crucial reason…
Chandrababu Naidu is creating a new AP!
That shows in the physical changes and the mental outlook of the Andhra people! Andhra Pradesh, with all our admiration for the veteran leader Mr.Chandrababu Naidu and his new team of ministers, is still the most backward state among the Southern Indian states. That shows when you drive through the state. Specially, Chittoor district is…
2G-Scam, Scandal or Shame?
A Great Shame! And see who are all claiming victory? The most revered former Prime Minister! All the loud-mouthed Congress spokesmen! And lo! All the publically perceived corrupt faces! Yes, this is India where the judicial system looks a laughing stock! We don’t know how to make sense of the 2-G verdict. Fortunately, this is…
Rahul Gandhi’s Coronation
A Play Acting? Yes, the whole affair looked like a less than serious politics. All the actors in this are well-rehearsed and well-prepared for the day! Also, they all looked very innocent (or controlled their own ability to look artificially serious!) and yet very sensitive to the subject of effecting a political succession in an…
India ranks 100 in ranking!
Of the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’! This is out of 190 countries! Rahul Gandhi’s immaturity, his simplistic remarks harming the interests of the people as well his own party’s prospects! India is ranked by the World Bank at 50 out of 190 countries in the “ease of doing business index! It is a…