Modi government at the moment, after the one month period of demonetisation drive, hasn’t come out of the words, so to say. In fact, the situation is becoming more and more complex and “no solution in sight”@ to quote the veteran BJP ally Mr.Chandrababu Naidu. Mr.Naidu is more wiser and pragmatic when it comes to…
Category: Politics
After the demonetisation, what next?
Solve the cash deficit faster, GDP growth to hit? More public awareness campaign is required! The Indian media plays a submissive role, Opposition also doesn’t help Yet, there are serious issues about the Indian polity’s skewed developments. The Prime Minister has done the long-pending reform of a black-market economy that had learnt to thrive on…
Towards a transparent democratic political structure!
Trump election victory! Why this turn of events? Media today plays a critical role in political campaigning.24 hour news cycle and social media biases also contribute to an emotional pitch rather than facts and factual analysis of rival candidates’ intrinsic worth. This is called post-truth syndrome. However this aspect of winning and losing elections is…
Venkiah Naidu on misuse of press freedoms!
Media freedoms must be responsible freedoms! We welcome the senior minister in Modi government for speaking out on certain sensitive issues like press freedoms. Our democracy today faces many challenges and distortions. Sometimes, it is small media that behaves responsibility. Big houses are driven by profit and so many distortions set in. Press freedoms must…
India’s external and internal problems
The image and realities of holding and exercising power As we write, it is the Indian Prime Minister’s 66th birthday! We join the millions of Indians to greet the Prime Minister for a happy return. The Prime Minister’s office under the Indian Constitution is a heavily-placed job. And in that sense Mr.Narendra Modi has a…
Prime Minister’s development priorities!
Development has many meanings! Prioritize the priorities! Infant mortality data must be updated and made available for the public. Public debate must go for some modern day thinking on what constitutes development and economic growth. Almost simultaneously. There can’t be excuses for any delay for all the states. So, let us have trust in what…
How the economy is doing?
India to import wheat this year! Farmer communications must become farmer-friendly. Key agri economic data! Inadequate! Wheat imports may surge to a decade-high! Is the Indian economy moving? Modi asks party workers to embrace new thinking, ideas. Fine, these are the very words that are headlined in a leading newspaper by Prime Minister Mr.Modi at the…
Talking democracy!
Democracy in the world today Indian democracy faces challenges, yes! Liberalism is spreading across Europe, says an FT report. What about India? Is liberalism a word understood or appreciated in India? Here are some thoughts. Freedom and democracy are the two words that had been with us for ages, from Greece to our own times….