Category: Politics and Governance in India

I want a “subsidy” to visit Bali

Some of you may have already picked up this report: AP to give Christians subsidy to visit Israel “…the Andhra Pradesh government of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday decided to dole...

Of sound bites, Shilpa Shetty and Arunachal

Thanks to Vidhya for alerting me to this article by Shri Arun Shourie… It reiterates points that have been made by numerous commentators in the past… WE APPEAR TO BE SLEEPWALKING INTO A DISASTER...

Some startling stats from the eastern front…

A report in yesterday’s Telegraph (14th Feb) has some surprising statistics re. the growth of Muslim population in the border districts of Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. The numbers speak for themselves. Source: http://telegraphindia.com/1080213/images/13zzpopulationbig.jpg...

Let a hundred flowers bloom*

The dark clouds may be parting… In the last few days, I came across two more movements for political reform, at least one of which I was unaware of. The first was LokSatta, which...

Interview with Ujjwal Banerjee – Part I

A few weeks ago I got in touch with all the 8 finalist of Times of India’s Lead India programme and requested them to share their views on a several important issues of national interest...