It all began when one Iraqi gentleman threw his shoes at Dubya back in 2008. While those shoes went on to become best sellers and a fashion fad elsewhere, we at India learnt the new art of shoe throwing! The past few weeks have resulted in atleast 3 in..
At a time when the politicians should be giving good future plans and assurances that would solve the various tangles India seems to be perceptually lost in, they are playing blame game in the most childish manner. How more can a important national leader..
On the 16th April, I saw new evidence of involvement by the educated and intellectual class, in what is beginning to increasingly feel like a very different election season! This new ‘thing’ was a debate between four candidates of the Bangalore South..
In recent days a report by the Economist referred to India as a ‘flawed democracy’!. Ranking as 35th in a list of 160 countries – putting India in a list of 50 countries considered as ‘flawed democracies’ . This ranking is based on 60 indicators..
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With anyone following the developments in Pakistan, the words spoken by the ‘commander’ seem to have a chilling reflection of the words spoken by the Taliban across the border – the same self-serving statements about representing the people and of a..
Being a resident of a Union Territory, I don't get to vote in any Assembly Election and I happened to skip the Municipal Corporation elections due to the ignorance(I came to know about it when the results came out). This post is a more practical take on..
I miss the general elections in India. I miss the sight of the largest democracy in the world thundering over the slumbering junta and bringing live shows of its comedians and villains (most of them playing both at the same time) to the nearest galli, cir..
The elections of 2009, are special for every reason, apart from the media hype and bundle of promises from politicians, it has failed to generate meaningful and implementable debate among the polity of this country , issues such as terrorism, communal hat..
Bombatt Verdict, an unprecedented event in the Indian television history, a constituency wise political debate for Bangalore urban area was organized by news 9 and supported by Smart Vote on 14th April 2009..
But here I have few things to discuss. As we know that almost every social activities has always been moderated either by a board or by the government himself. Be it sports, cinema or any other activities. Board (For an example cricket board, censor board..
The country needs you today more than ever to stand up and be counted . Look at the challenges that we are up against. To begin with, we face what is the biggest recession that we have faced as a country. This threatens to make a lot of us jobless and los..
As a prelude to this story let us turn the clock back 25 years to the time of the Anti-Sikh riots in New Delhi.One Mr Jagdish Tytler was, then, allegedly involved in these riots and a case was filed against him.The case against Tytler relates to an incide..
This election is proving to be a watershed for many aspects. One of them is something that none of us will be proud of. The number of people making irresponsible statements and speeches in this election is touching an all time high . This is a new dubious..
As India heads for its fifteenth general election to the Lok Sabha, the media channels are clogged with numbers that the two major political alliances can cobble together as part of the 543 seats in the lower house of Indian parliament..
‘Idiot’ is a grossly misused word and an oversimplified epithet, this is what the Supreme Court of India felt when an identity crisis among the idiots made them file a plea in the court to make it clear who’s an idiot. Interestingly, the plea was fi..
