Under Prime Minister’s otherwise dynamic leadership! As I type these lines I see on the TV screen that a new Chief Minister is being sworn in what is seen as the most controversial politics of the Indian state, namely, Tamil Nadu. What TN points out to the rest of India and the world is that…
Category: Politics
The rise of liberalism in the world.
How we in India understand the economic growth and political fall-outs? How transparent is governance in India? After all these years of Modi government? Parties, castes and dynasties don’t change anyway! Now, Modi government is out of the woods, so to say? Demonetisation has eased peoples’ hardships? Country and the issues are of a long-term…
Demonetisation Drive and the economic slowdown?
The reality and the multiple issues. The government is now on accelerating economic growth by all means. The World Bank has now put the Indian economic growth rate at 7 per cent. This is way down from what we claimed to be the world’s fastest growing economy. Even faster than what China was claiming. After…
Demonetisation, cash crunch and the outcome!
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…
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…