Category: Politics and Governance in India

A story of hope…and a small dream

Regular readers may remember one of my fond dreams that I first mentioned on the blog more than a year ago. This dream was the “Hope Summit” – first indicated in a post in...

Of Haj Pilgrims and Unruly Fliers

Or “The Great Joke that is Indian Media” – Part XII, courtesy BarbarIndians. *** Excerpted from India’s “insecure” minorities *** Haj pilgrims confine crew in AI plane for 15 hours Mumbai, Jan 3, PTI:...

Lok Paritran – A tale of dashed hopes

Long-time readers of the blog would remember this piece that I wrote about Lok Paritran and similar outfits almost three years ago. Those developments had given me hope that change was afoot and these...

Nightmare at Noon*: Concluding the series

As I was fast-scanning the news headlines yesterday, a small item caught my eye. Writing in Rediff, Sanjay Jog noted …(in view of the water shortage) Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has introduced a 15 per...