Category: Elections 2009

Question of the Week

From a pre-election interview with Priyanka Gandhi in Outlook (Issue dt. May 11 ’09) by Sheela Reddy (emphasis mine): Why is politics not drawing you? Politics does not draw me because I’ve been through...

India decides on Congress led UPA – Guest Post

*** India decides on Congress led UPA – is it a default, surprise or strategy? *** Guest Post by Ashwin Kumaraswamy Knowing very well, this post is a tad too early; the largest democracy...

Open Thread to discuss Elections 2009

Hurried post starting with some highlights from the results/early indications of 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Left’s nationwide tally might be reduced to 25, scripts worst performance in West Bengal Lok Janshakti Party supremo and...

Amar Singh-ji is my hero…

…for saying it like no one else does*… Rajnath Singh is like my elder brother and I have no enmity with him… and Pranab Mukherjee is like an elder brother… . Also read: Start...

A rethink on majority and minorities…

This post was prompted by an exchange sometime ago on the Freedom Team of India google groups on the subject of “minority protection“. As we get into the final stages of 2009 Lok Sabha...