Is Parliament Supreme? A new awakening in Indian democratic evolution! It is a victory for the people of India! A historic victory, a historic moment too! Anna Hazare, soon after Parliament in an unusual sign of unanimity and even magnanimity passed a united resolution to uphold the demands of the people’s movement to pass the…
NGOs: what they do?
What the government can’t do, the NGOs do, more often! Can they transform society? Save rural India? NGOs, the non-government organisations are aplenty in India. They have lately gained much clout after Sonia Gandhi started her National Advisory Council (NAC, with some of the high profile members drawn from various fields. Of course, every member…
Anna Hazare’s 10th day Fast
Reach a compromise at once Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast 10th day and it spells many dangers. The Indian government is in a flip-flop mode. The Prime Minister is plainly confused and he says many things in the last few days and what he says in not clearing the air and break the deadlock. What the…
Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast enters 7th day!
Indian democracy in crisis Manmohan Singh ill-advised stands on false prestige Dangers could be unforeseen; it could destabilize the government, nay, even the Indian subcontinent. World in a momentous time? Leaders confused and crisis everywhere. US economy in recession USSR completes the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism The fall of the Berlin Wall…
Anna Hazare’s fast
What Manmohan Singh government should do? What the Congress party must be doing by now? How the Indian Opposition parties are failing in their duty? There are some ominous signs for the UPA government in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s image had taken a beating. Is there any doubt about that? But the Indian…
Letter to Sri Lankan Friend : Mr.Susil Sirivardana, Colombo
Oxford days and life afterwards! My dear Susil, Just now I finished writing one page of my Sri Lankan trip for our Tamil monthly, Valarum Tamizhagam which sells well and widely distributed to the public libraries in Tamil Nadu. Yesterday I typed my English version for the School Journal. As I described today about my…
Food prices will rise?
Yes, food production in India is also rising! So, what is the relationship or the contradiction? Parliament debates on price rise and inflation. Parliament is a supreme body, the very voice and articulation of the people. So, Parliament can debate on any issue of public importance and who doesn’t know that price rise and inflation…
Rural development is no more a matter of centralised direction!
It is about decentralised development! Corruption, populism and the general awareness of issues and the role of media matters! Picture postcard scenes from other India! Arent our villages still beautiful? Pastel green paddy fields still cheer us! Bullock carts, the very many, though still unfinished, rural roads and much of the average village faces look…