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April 2011

April 24, 2011

Chidambaram, Tapuriah, Hassan Ali, and Taufiq Gaffar: A Surreal Picture!

As we speak, there is a very fundamental flaw in India's Governance. The Head of...

April 19, 2011

Mindless Baba Ramdev Bashing Brigade: When Elitists become pawns in the Grand Game of Politics

On January 9th, 2009 Rajeev Dixit founded the Bharat Swabhiman Movement along with Baba Ramdev.

April 15, 2011

Need to Institutionalize Anna Hazare

Nittoor Srinivasa Rao, a Gandhian who participated in the Freedom Struggle and the Chief Justice...

April 15, 2011

Joining Anna Hazare’s Rally: a personal account

(Shared by Rohit Malik with our school alumni group) I had the privilege of being...

April 08, 2011

Anna Hazare’s Inspiration and the Disruptive Actions by Career Activists

The tragedy of India these days is that those who are literary inclined have somehow...

April 07, 2011

Anna Hazare and Us: Learning to Live Normally without a Fight!

Anna Hazare is a War Veteran who is now on a crusade with an enemy...

March 2011

March 22, 2011

Wikileaks talk of Horse Trading but fail to remind Indians how brain dead they are!

When the corrupt get blatant, and the wise become deceptive then anything can be done...

March 11, 2011

Draconian Intent of the Government of India in the new IT Act Rules which threaten to gag bloggers

In the new draft of the Information Technology (due diligence observed by intermediaries guidelines) Rules,...

March 09, 2011

NPR CEO resignation: A look at lack of Journalistic Ethics Around the World

It is hard to believe that in the world of biased and partisan journalism, there...

March 04, 2011

CVC Scam: The Farce, the Obfuscation and the Lies of Dr. Singh and his Government

Today, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India announced that he takes full responsibility...

March 02, 2011

India Budget Special: Poverty Programs – the ideal tool of National Plunder!

In this year's Economic budget, the Indian Government has allocated Rs 40,100 crore for the...

March 01, 2011

Playing Vote Bank Politics with Taxpayers Money: Mukherjee Budget 2011

In India, when Government talks of "Minorities" it generally means Muslims. The rest of the...

February 2011

February 22, 2011

Broken Link: Education in the land of the Corrupt and Loot

A facebook friend, Jaya Nair, had an interesting wall message, which talked of how today's...

February 21, 2011

How Congress spun Advani’s letter to its advantage

That leaks make news is well known. More sensitive the leaks more shocking the news.

January 2011

January 29, 2011

Free and fair investigation of "cases" against Swami Aseemananda

Petition letter addressed to Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (The Honorable President of India) - by...

January 12, 2011

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste: Salman Taseer and Pakistan

I can never appease my guilt whenever I argue with my mother, snub my maid,...

November 2010

November 08, 2010

When Arun-dhoti Gives It To Those Ones….

Dear Diary….. I can’t tell you how mortified I am to be a part of...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

Losing My Religion

People often ask me whether I am religious. I can never give a straightforward response...

September 13, 2010

The Secret Diary Of Sharad Pawar

In the 80’s when I was barely in my 50’s, the iconic Madonna jee sang...

September 11, 2010

Privacy and monitoring of technology by Indian Government

Privacy is a two edged sword. If you allow it unfettered on the modern platforms,...

September 11, 2010

Machiavellian Activism in Gujarat riots that jeopardized harmony and national security

In India, since 2002 after Gujarat riots - which erupted after a handful of Muslim...

September 09, 2010

Updates from Deganga: Fury Continues despite Army and RAF

In absence of credible and honest reporting from the national media, we have to rely...

June 2010

June 17, 2010

Didigiri

Our great Nation has a father

June 07, 2010

नितिन गडकरी के नाम एक चिट्ठी

मान्यवर श्री नितिन गडकरी जी, राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष, भारतीय जनता पार्टी, ११ अशोक रोड, नयी दिल्ली...

June 07, 2010

Why Children’s Day?

Sometimes it takes a simple question to set an entire people thinking. Jawaharlal Nehru, India's...

June 01, 2010

Curious case of Sri Sri’s assassination attempt

One was shocked when the report of assassination attack on Sri Sri Ravishankar came in....

May 2010

May 19, 2010

Iran’s Brilliant Coup with Brazil and Turkey as US looks on

Something has gone horribly wrong with the Nuke World.

May 19, 2010

Maoist threat and India’s ability to Self Destruct

Although Naxals have been active in the Eastern states for quite sometime, they have gained...

April 2010

April 27, 2010

Patelgiri

I am filing for adoption of Praful Patel . Sure, he’s too old to adopt,...

April 23, 2010

India – a Demented Nation of Confused Hypocritical Moral Activists

I am not saying whether it is right or wrong - for that is NOT...