After UN, US calls Congress Corrupt
Washington Post has a detailed editorial of the fiasco that India has been suffering in its political circles after the release of the Volcker report. The report alleged that our until recently foregin minister, Natwar Singh, and the undoubtably corrupt Congress party were beneficiaries of Saddam Hussein’s “oil-for-influence” or “oil-for-money” program!
Congress has had scams and [...]
Bihar turning over a new leaf?
BJP-led NDA thinks that it will come to power in Bihar. It is only a matter of days now before we all get to know what the Biharis want.
But will this election be a new chapter in Bihar’s history? Will the “Jungle Raj”, as the Laloo Yadav’s Govt. is fondly called by the BJP, come [...]
Right to Information defeating Corruption
When the Right to Information Act came into force a few weeks back, it came with a bang! The papers were exuberant about the amount of data that their reporters could now lay their hands on so as to uncover dirt through investigation.
But don’t we know that Indian journalists are yet to learn investigative journalism? [...]
UN reinforces, Congress = Corruption
Corruption in India is not uncommon, and we have learnt to live with it. Indeed, to get matters done or to escape petty fines, we befriend Corruption. But what if the Legislature itself is corrupt?
Congress governments are generally more corrupt than other governments, this is kind of a trend. This is perhaps because it is [...]
US Professor’s faulty logic blames Indian government for religious riots
Martha Nussbaum, a professor of Law in the University of Chicago and a romancer of Amartya Sen in an earlier life, is seriously prejudiced against the BJP in India. Her article that constantly rebukes Modi and the BJP and flowers immense praise on Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh raises serious questions about the professionalism and [...]
Indian Press releases many False Reports!
It is very surprising, though most of us are by now used to it, that there are numerous media stories in the Indian Press that get rescinded within a day or two.
It is quite common to read among the headlines: “…denied having said that”, “…was misinterpreted”, “…deny report…” etc. all of which are just denying [...]
No appreciation of Relief support to Pakistan?
Musharraf has graciously accepted the first 25 tons of relief material from Manmohan Singh. Whew! That was such a huge step for Indians and Pakistanis.
India reached out a friendly hand to an enemy, who grabbed it immediately. Am I seeing the beginning of a friendship?
But what is really surprising is that not one political party [...]
Supreme Court scared of the Govt?
The Supreme Court has judged that the dissolution of Bihar’s assembly by the Governor Buta Singh and it’s approval by the President Abdul Kalam was absolutely unconstitutional! What are these rulers of our country doing breaking the constitution?
If the President of India does not follow the constitution, then who will?
This is a very important question [...]
Congress thinks Muslims don’t have enough brains
It was very heartening to see that the UP High Court has quashed the reservation for Muslims in Aligarh Muslim University.
The news a month or so back that AMU had decided to reserve a quota for Muslim students came as a real blow to the secularists. Why would people of any religion need reservation in [...]
Happy Birthday Mahatma Gandhi
The Father of our Nation has influenced numerous people through these years and continues to influence many more.
While I was visiting a British couple, they told me that they became vegetarian when Mahatma died - and they have been vegetarian ever since and have even brought up their four children vegetarian. These children have gone [...]