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  1. Pawar-play and some Gandhigiri

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    / July 20, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam, is what the Congress story is beginning to look like. On the day, the party voted in full strength to send Pranab Mukherjee to Raisina Hill, two developments unfolded. Let’s start with the morning when it was Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way. The...

  2. Karunanidhi flexes his political muscles, retreats

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    / May 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The DMK would like the UPA to rollback, just like its leader, M Karunanidhi. DMK first decided to flex its political muscle by threatening to walk out of the UPA government over the petrol hike. Calling the hike “atrocious”, the DMK today spoke at length about the party voicing the...

  3. Wanna be President of India? Your caste? Religion? Region?

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    / May 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    That’s all that seems to matter when it comes to zeroing in on the best candidate who can be elected to the post of the President of India. Not surprising given the fact that at election time, it is the candidate’s caste, community, religion and of course, spending power that...

  4. Revenge of the Jedi, aka the I.A.S. lobby

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    / April 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Earlier this morning, a friend, a former Commander in the Indian Navy, and I were discussing le affaire Vijay Kumar Singh. Personally, I think that General V.K. Singh is avenging himself for the humiliation of haggling over his date of birth. Though General Singh has cloaked his actions as being...

  5. Why sing this Coup song di?

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    / April 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    That’s what most of India is asking today. The front page Indian Express story details the movement of two key army units from Hissar in Haryana (33rd Armoured Division) and Agra in Uttar Pradesh (50 Para Brigade) towards the national capital on the night of January 16. The story details...

  6. My name is not Antony Gonsalves

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    / August 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir By reading out a statement, whose first draft must have been prepared by an SHO of Delhi Police, Dr Manmohan Singh today squandered away a wonderful opportunity to look at India in the eye. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were fora for Dr Singh to let...

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