Category: Politics and Governance in India

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Thanks to Sandeep for alerting me to this post by Sh Rajeev Chandrasekhar, published yesterday. In the post (emphasis added), Sh Chandrasekhar mentioned how 421 million fellow Indians continue to live in abject conditions...

Just as I was beginning to feel hopeful…

…comes the news that almost half of the candidates* standing for the Assembly elections in Bihar * have pending criminal cases against them… Worse, “Several of these criminal charges are serious charges, like Murder,...

We need to Believe We can Win

Some of you may remember a Discussion we had at IIT-Delhi, courtesy the IIT-D Alumni Association and FTI, a few weeks back (Aug ’10). The digital recording is finally in and I have slowly...

I bet you forgot – II

On this day, please take a moment to remember India’s most unassuming, modest and hard-working Prime Minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri Image courtesy: Uday Kuckian, Rediff The man who put forward the example of “moral...

Open Thread on Ayodhya…

Dear All: Ahead of the judgement, opening this thread on Ayodhya with this piece of breaking news (unverified): Indian high court rules that key piece of land disputed by Hindus and Muslims goes in...