Is Bush's "bail out" economy a role model for Manmohan's India? (Viewed 6 times)
Written by Girish Nikam
It makes one dizzy, trying to follow what's happening in the United States. One may ask why should one follow what's happening there at all, when there is so much happening in our own country—killings, rapes, conversions--- oh yes, durga pooja (yes its happening right now outside ... Read More
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Published on, October 07, 2008 In General
Corridor whispers (Viewed 5 times)
Written by Insider
Hasty Moily----------------AICC's media department chairman Veerappa Moily is paying the price of being efficient. On the day of Mehrauli bomb blasts, the Congress had a statement from Sonia Gandhi within couple of hours after the incident. Moily is said to be responsible for a ... Read More
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Published on, October 07, 2008 In General
Let's learn from the US financial disaster (Viewed 180 times)
Written by Nilotpal Basu
For the neo liberal mandarins of the North Block and the Yojona Bhawan a reading of the latest Guardian column by the Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz would be very much in order.Stiglitz has candidly observed on the refusal of the US Congress to approve the bailout package ... Read More
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Published on, October 03, 2008 In General
In Defense of Oscar Fernandes—the tale of lynched CEO (Viewed 192 times)
Written by N.R.Mohanty
The Oscar Fernandes saga last week is an instructive example of the nexus between the big business, big media and big politics. It showed how big business is so insensitive to the cause of the poor, how it can coerce the big media to toe its anti-poor ... Read More
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Published on, October 03, 2008 In General
Corridor whispers (Viewed 194 times)
Written by Insider
The famous siblings' walk, why?---------------------------------------The unusual sight of the most famous siblings walking in the heart of Delhi has sent Congressmen into a tizzy. Is it marriage that is on top of Rahul Gandhi's agenda with sister Priyanka acting as a wedding planner? Or ... Read More
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Published on, October 03, 2008 In General
Harsher laws not the solution to fight terrorism (Viewed 299 times)
Written by Girish Nikam
The spate of Bomb blasts across the country, with the capital being targeted once again, has understandably once again set forth a wave of criticisms as well as demands for a more stringent law to deal with terrorism. Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh, after indicating that his Government ... Read More
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Published on, October 01, 2008 In General
A tale of two rallies in Madhya Pradesh (Viewed 257 times)
Written by N.D.Sharma
Uma Bharati never ceases to spring surprises. When the political pundits had written her off politically and the BJP had started considering her only a minor irritant in the forthcoming Assembly elections, she dazzled every one by holding a massive rally in Bhopal. The only rally of ... Read More
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Published on, October 01, 2008 In General
At last Congress gets Battle ready in Karnataka, but will it be able to topple BJP? (Viewed 317 times)
Written by A. Jayaram
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has at last got a new President. True to the tradition of the Congress, the All India Congress Committee has nominated the veteran political leader R.V.Deshpande as the new President to succeed Mallikarjun Kharge.Kharge had resigned as President after the ... Read More
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Published on, September 29, 2008 In General
The tragic tale of the Bhopal Gas victims: A Dying hospital now (Viewed 493 times)
Written by N.D.Sharma
A fine institution set up to provide specialised medical care to the victims of the 1984 Union Carbide MiC gas leak disaster is facing closure because of the greed of its managers. Nearly 300 employees (including specialists) out of a total staff of 650 of the Bhopal ... Read More
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Published on, September 24, 2008 In General
Corridor Whispers (Viewed 478 times)
Written by Insider
Prachanda, not so in English!-----------------------------------In Delhi's fashionable and political circles, Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda's sartorial taste became a rage of sorts. The revolutionary-turned politician's natty suits drew a lot of attention. The intelligentsia too was positively well disposed but when the Prime Minister spoke ... Read More
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Published on, September 24, 2008 In General
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