The nonsense about the “Hindu Rate of Growthâ€..
This is a short, hurried and somewhat angry post. A few hours back, I was alerted by Gopi-ji to a couple of headlines from two well-known newspapers. The first from Mail Today read “Back to...
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On Republic Day, Remembering Assaults on Freedom & Subversion of the Constitution..
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the Republic. On this day 63 years ago, the Constitution of India became the supreme law of the land. On this day, 83 years ago, our political leader...
Of Dreams and Hopes..
..of a Young Restive Nation… A friend asked me last week what was the greatest tragedy in Indian politics? I told him it was the fact that India’s population has a median age of...
On Temples, some little known facts & a story of “secular†loot
*** CAUTION: Long Post *** In 2009, even as the governing body of Tirumala Tirupati was facing questions over 300 missing gold coins, a priest was arrested after confessing to stealing a deity’s two...
Why don’t good people get into politics?
As must be obvious to many of you by now, getting people actively involved & thinking about politics is something very close to my heart. So last fortnight when a young professional asked me,...
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