Quote of the week – On Apologies & such
PM Manmohan Singh quoted in The Pioneer*: The riots (of 1984) were painful, but cannot be kept alive for ever… Some questions that come to mind: How long does it take to forget...
Category: Politics and Governance in India
Of Indian Media and Elections
Over the course of last few days, I came across two separate mentions regarding Indian media and the on-going elections. Both of them had a very disturbing underlying theme – which was – we...
W’end Links: Celeb Crusades, Armed Intrusion, Bofors
Start this weekend with P Sainath at his best on Celeb crusades & the death of politics. A very brief excerpt: The Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai averaged over 60 per cent voting between 1957...
A line crossed in Tamil Nadu
I was alerted to this via Nitin’s blog. Last weekend, a line was crossed in Tamil Nadu. According to a report in The Hindu: A convoy of Army trucks was attacked near the Neelambur bypass...
How the “War Against Terror” can be won in 15 minutes
Following up on Why the “War Against Terror†cannot be won by guns alone. Full credit for alerting me to this goes to borneveryday. Sh Rahul Gandhi, quoted in a report in DNA India: “I am...
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