Tagged: BPD

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...

Will an Obama-style campaign work in India?

First, some excerpts from Internet key to Obama victories, by Steve Schifferes © BBC MMVIII “With Barack Obama moving close to victory in the Democratic presidential primary campaign, the internet has proved one of...

Lets come together to build a *new* and proud India…

Many of you must have read and followed with great interest the avalanche of comments in response to the events in Karnataka involving Lok Paritran. Several of you have also underlined how important it...

From bad to worse

If you thought news of corrupt, casteist and criminal elements standing for elections is as bad as it gets, think again…It could be worse… Lets look at the “bad” part first. Many of you...

Good News and Bad News – Part 2

First, the good news. Last week Freedom Team released the first issue of its magazine with the following preface: “…We all want a Great India. But why is there so much failure around us despite...