Category: Current Affairs

For BJP, Is this The Beginning of the End?

I was thinking of writing this post later this week (after going through almost 100 pages of reading material I have accumulated. However, recent events – including Arun Shourie’s impromptu press conference yesterday –...

Thought for the weekend…

From A Sharm-less surrender by G Parthasarathy (emphasis mine) Assertions by Mr Singh that India and Pakistan are both equally “victims” of terrorism, that they share a “common destiny”, or that a rising India...

Shantanu’s Believe It or Not!* – II

Remy Denis, president of the All India Catholic Union (AICU): …the Roman Catholic church in India has five times the number of priests as compared to the rest of the world, its budget is...

Quote of the Week

We are on the razor’s edge.  It is up to us to decide whether we go this way or that way. Nandan Nilekani, Founder and Co-Chairman, Infosys. Full context of the quote below:

India’s Top Developmental Priority – Education?

Some of you might remember a poll on this blog from six months ago on “What should be India’s top developmental priority?“. There were a number of choices I had offered, namely: Access to...