The Melting Pot
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Posts Tagged ‘government’

Victims forever ?

September 10th 2009

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 [...]

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The “Bada Sahib” Farmaan

September 2nd 2009

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  who [...]

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Is Delhi ready for the Commonwealth Games? No.

July 16th 2009

If one needed to know what foul smell actually is, he/she could simply head over to the Mukarba Chowk in Delhi. Situated right at the entrance of Delhi was this huge compost plant where tonnes and tonnes of garbage lay. The stench still remains but Mukarba Chowk has undergone a metamorphosis. The broken road that [...]

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We are where we were…

June 26th 2009

Yesterday on Facebook I proposed civil disobedience in protest of the Punjab Government’s failure to provide power supply to the state. It was only meant to be a facetious rant but the responses made me realize a few things. I was ridiculed and derided, told that the moment the police came down on me [...]

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A letter to the CM

June 23rd 2009

Mr CM,
I’m not entirely sure you’re aware of the affairs of the state as I am – occasional power supply, scarce water supply, corruption, unemployment etc etc. I wonder what takes your time other than siphoning off money and hounding opposition party members. Now that you’ve placed your son at the Deputy CM’s post and [...]

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The Hawk in the Sky

June 12th 2009

In the lands of the Pashtuns, there is an old saying –
The eyes of the dove are lovely but it’s the hawk with it’s talons that rules the sky…
It is quite ironic that this age old Pashtun saying be used to describe their present nemesis – United States of America. But, such are the [...]

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