Not too long back , the fraction of the population which was covered by reservations and those which were likely to be extended a similar dole out constituted 97.56% of the population . This inferred that except for 2.44% left , the rest of India was backward . I still find it quite unbelievable but [...]
Two days ago, farmers associated with the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) descended on Punjab’s capital Chandigarh to register their protest at the unbundling of the PSEB. The state’s farmers have threatened to carry out a ‘rail and road roko ‘ campaign across the state on September 16 if their demands are not met. As expected [...]
India is at a precarious position in it’s history. It has gained relevance in the world. From being an irrelevant third world country, India has become a promising third world country. The future holds out the possibility of India as a player in world politics and also the fear that India couldn’t capitalise on opportunities. [...]
So the Rajasthan Government has issued an Order under its authority postulating the requirements to be fulfilled by the government employees for offering proper respect to the MLAs and MPs. Now, what dya make of that? There was a huge debate on Times Now, an open fight (I daresay) between Mr. Arnab Goswami, the host [...]
The Jinnah djinn is out to hound the BJP again. This time it is Jaswant Singh who’s courting ire from the Sangh Parivar for his book on Jinnah. Jaswant Singh’s work warrants appreciation but there’s been nothing but scorn from political circles. No politician worth his/her salt has stuck his head out favourably for Jaswant [...]
If the press conferences, meetings with the ministers, letters to the PM, interviews to news channels and dragging each other to court wasn’t enough, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani found yet another way to attack his brother – newspaper advertisements! Take a look at the advertisment in The Tribune, dated 17/08/2009 : I’ll type down the entire [...]
The early 1990s were politically significant in mainly two respects – 1. the emergence of caste politics. 2. the emergence of the BJP. Theoretically speaking, the emergence of one should have been the end of the other. After all, one seeks to construct a solid block of voters who vote solely in the name of [...]
Watching Mehbooba Mufti assault the speaker of the J & K Assembly, I could not help but question whether or not these female politicians were in touch with their feminine sides. I am in no way trying to be sexist here or imply that all women must be soft-spoken, polite dainty darlings. Nor I am [...]
But I really don’t give a fuck about what Vinod Kambli thinks of Sachin and the BCCI. I hardly care if a random person confesses to being unfaithful to his partner. I care about the people in this nation who are dying due to the draconian ways of Khap Panchayats. There are student leaders who [...]
For the last few days, I have been engrossed in reading ‘Temptations of the West’ by Pankaj Mishra. Mishra is from the same tribe of activist writers like Arundhati Roy, very anti-establishment. One of Mishra’s more famous travesties against the Indian state was the allegation that Hindu nationalists were behind the massacre of Chhatisinghpura in [...]