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April 2010

April 22, 2010

IPL (Indian Political Labyrinth)

A friend’s tweet “Thoo Thoo Tharoor” got me thinking. A weeklong of this blockbuster of...

April 22, 2010

Ideological Warfare and India's bane

Here is an interesting discussion with the ex-Chief Propagandist of the KGB during the Soviet...

April 13, 2010

Rich and Criminal "Elders" of the country

Rajya Sabha - is the House of "Elders" (I am adding quotes for a reason!)...

April 11, 2010

Prabhu Chawla and Baba Ramdev: Elitist Egoes against simple sense

Just look at this video interview. The interviewer is Prabhi Chawla - a senior journalist....

April 09, 2010

Be prepared to welcome 400 million refugees by 2015

Displacing farmers out of their farmland is the neo-liberal economic growth model - prescribed by...

April 08, 2010

Without food, water or Medicine – Jawan fights and gets massacred by Maoist

To fight the Maoists, the Indian Government is sending our soldiers to fight without proper...

February 2010

February 08, 2010

Sarah Palin and her notes

This is Sarah Palin addressing attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Saturday,...

September 2009

September 15, 2009

Sonia and Rahul Gandhi show the way for Austerity

In a country where there are many poor and the economy has taken a hit,...

July 2009

July 06, 2009

Saudis give tacit approval for Israel raid on Iran Nuke plants

According to reports in a Pakistani newspaper, Saudis have given a tacit approval to Israel's...

June 2009

June 23, 2009

Future of RSS, Hindutva and BJP

BJP is in turmoil these days. It is going through an internal struggle within itself,...

June 21, 2009

The Iranian Situation: Two Camps in Iran and the Citizens, US and the Arabs

A lot has been happening in Iran recently pre and post elections. I have not...

June 13, 2009

Ahmadinejad wins BIG!

Iranian President, Ahmadinejad, has won the elections and said to have won 62.63% votes! This...

May 2009

May 15, 2009

Post election alliances and possible formations

The electoral equations may be changing a bit as Telangana Rashtriya Samiti - which fought...

April 2009

April 28, 2009

Dishonesty in Indian Elections

Indian elections have and will see so much of dishonest and unscrupulous politicians fighting each...

April 28, 2009

What is a bigger threat? Big Government or Big Business

Big Governments are not good for any country. Coming from India and having lived through...

April 18, 2009

Politicians and Prostitution in India

Politics and Prostitution have gone hand in hand for a long time. Ok, I am...

April 11, 2009

Indian MPs make merry on tax-payer's money!

Indian MPs on official assignments should not go for 5 star hotels. That is the...

April 02, 2009

The Injustice of Secularism in India

For a long time now, I have repeatedly raised the question of 1984 Sikh Massacres...

March 2009

March 21, 2009

Hung Parliament and a crippled Nation in the coming Lok Sabha Polls

I see a conflicting election result.. Neither Congress nor BJP will get a complete majority.....

March 17, 2009

Congress Betrayal: How Nehru and Krishna Menon conspired against India in run upto the 1961 Indo-China War

VK Krishna Menon was one person who, while remaining under the wings of Nehru, could...

March 15, 2009

Application Form for Candidates for the coming "Lok Sabha Election"

Given our "great" politicians, here is a special form for them that they may fill...

March 15, 2009

The Crowd called Third Front

Third Front has come together with the likes of Dewe Gowda, Mayawati, Communists and Chandrababu...

February 2009

February 01, 2009

Political Leaders and the worth of their residences!

Our leaders - the Prime Ministers and Presidents - live in houses and mansions which...

January 2009

January 18, 2009

Think tanks – using a messenger to give your message

Think tanks - or policy institutes - have had an interesting history. Although the first...

December 2008

December 20, 2008

Antulay and Karkare: playing the Muslim Vote bank politics

At a Cabinet meeting in mid-July of 2006, two ministers, Arjun Singh and Abdul Rehman...

November 2008

November 07, 2008

When Sarah Palin talked to Nicholas Sarkozy… or so she thought!

This was a prank played on Sarah Palin - who was so close to becoming...

November 06, 2008

Behind the Scenes Tidbits from US Presidential Campaign

Some behind the scenes stuff that had not come out during the long Presidential campaign...

November 05, 2008

McCain's Concession Speech

This is McCain's speech that he gave last night after he realized that Barack Obama...

October 2008

October 30, 2008

A Different Viewpoint on US elections

A friend has sent this message, so I could share with all. I think the...

October 30, 2008

Blasts in Assam – same politics . same apathy for citizens

The Indian Government is a complete failure when it comes to Internal national security! Yesterday,...