Recall Govinda
August 2, 2005Is there a legal way of getting rid of an elected member of Parliament? If so, can there be someone from Govinda’s constituency who can file the papers to get him removed. I can’t do it simply because i live in what…
Category: Politics
Call their Bluff
June 29, 2005The Left has decided to make its support to the UPA government even more conditional than it already is. Every major step forward in the last 12 odd months has seen this kind of ‘gun to the head behaviour’. A whole lot…
Flip Flop v 234.2
June 27, 2005George Fernandes is famous for them. Flip Flops I mean. A former priest, a former socialist, a former hater of MNC’s, a former hater of the rabid right – he has turned 180 degrees away from where he began. But, even he…
Losing Balance
June 26, 2005I hate agreeing with anything that the RSS says. But, i must admit that their head has it right . Advani and Vajpayee need to make way for a younger generation. Primarily because they are losing their minds. I can live with Jinnah…
Bharateeya BlogMela – a round up
June 18, 2005Putting together this weeks’ blog mela was an incredibly rewarding experience. I had a wonderful journey through Indian blogdom. There are almost 50 posts featured here. My thanks to all those who nominated. Without Bloglines this task would have been chaotic:) I…
Hooligans Unleashed
June 8, 2005The Rabid Right Resurfaces. This from today’s Indian Express: Activists of ABVP, student’s wing of BJP, today ransacked the high security Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of today’s meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). The activists, who stormed the conference…
Of Crocodile Tears and Forked Tongues
June 6, 2005Mr.L.K.Advani finds him self in the eye of a storm. For two reasons: a) he called the demolition of the Babri Masjid “the saddest day of my life” b) He said some nice sounding things about Mohd.Ali Jinnah – the man who…
Sunil Dutt – RIP
May 25, 2005For me ,the height of Romantic Scenes in Films was Sunil Dutt crooning Jalte Hai Jiske Liye to Nutan, on a phone. Those old fashioned black phones with the ring dials. Nutan, of course, just cries. Kind, Considerate, Liberal – in the…
2004 – a retrospective
January 2, 2005It has been an interesting year – and we all know what the Chinese say about interesting times. In Indian Politics – citizens sent back another coaltion. The secular, middle of the road, sometimes muddled Cogress is in power, with a mish…
Shame Mr.Vajpayee
August 28, 2004Last week the Finance Bill got passed without a murmur – some hundreds of thousands of crores – because you percieved an insult. A whole nation and a system insulted because you and your party still haven’t figured out that you have…