Category: Politics and Governance in India

Jihad in Jaipur: The Unfolding Drama

The Attack  The Appeal for calm The Condemnation The suspected “Foreign Hand“ The Arrests What next?  If my prediction is any good, next will be “The Evidence” that a “foreign hand” was indeed behind...

Jihad in Jaipur – Update 1

Some fresh updates… “…The blasts took place in Tripolia Bazar where a Hanuman temple drew a large number of devotees today…Manas Chowk, Badi Choupal, Choti Choupal and Johari Bazar. ” link As many of...

Ram Janmabhoomi, Rama Sethu and Babri Masjid

A well-wisher alerted me to this statement made by senior advocate Shri K Parasaran in the Supreme Court last week: “Government should avoid causing any damage to the “Ram Setu” as it might leave a permanent scar in the...

Recommended weekend reading

On the demoralising effect of the Sixth Pay Commission on the Armed Forces: A General’s letter in anguish to the PM On the cheerleaders controversy: A Culture of Tolerance� On the developments in Nepal:...

I can’t get a job in Mumbai anymore

This is beyond being “funny” “…(Maharashtra) state Finance Minister Jayant Patil…announced in the state legislative assembly that 80 per cent jobs in companies that will now open units in Maharashtra must go to locals....