There is merit in the Shiv Sena sentiment that the AK-47 wielding Ajmal Amir Kasab, caught on CCTV straddling Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus where he and an associate slaughtered 55 persons in cold blood, and later captured alive due to the personal valour of ASI Tukaram Omble, deserves no defence. The … Read More
The BJP’s election manifesto for the 2009 parliamentary elections is a masterly exercise in rooting India’s great power ambitions in its ancient civilisational consciousness, specifically its holistic and spiritual Hindu worldview which accepts and celebrates diversity and seeks the underlying unity within. Laden as it is with political, economic, and … Read More
Close on the heels of the temporary resolution of the dispute over the sacking of South Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, there was a stir in Nepal over the seizure of copies of the Bhagwat Gita that devotees were bringing from Gorakhpur. The incident was quickly hushed … Read More
Cine star Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai and now general secretary of the Samajwadi Party, crossed the limits of normal and political decency by insinuating that Law Minister Hansraj Bharadwaj was responsible for the Supreme Court decision to deny him permission to contest the … Read More
On 14 March 2009, a lingering, insidious smear campaign against Sathya Sai Baba quietly fizzled out when Channel Nine MSN removed a biased anti-Baba broadcast from its official website. Ardent Sai defamer Robert Priddy admitted on his blog that Channel Nine MSN “would not have removed the video had there … Read More
If politics is the art of winning power by convincing people that you have the ability to wield it wisely, then BJP may as well pack its bags. Having closed its ears to common sense and reason, the party has permitted an absolute non-entity to hijack its agenda and eclipse … Read More
With the shine coming off his presidency with each passing day, Barack Obama must have been slightly relieved when the bosses of the now 80% Government-owned insurance giant AIG agreed Monday to return $ 50 million in bonuses, following a public uproar against the wanton use of taxpayer money for … Read More
As BJP president Rajnath Singh welcomed former Union Minister Dilip Ray and former Nationalist Congress Party leader Bijoy Mahapatra into the party yesterday, close on the heels of the entry of BJD Lok Sabha MP Archana Nayak (21 March 2009), Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik suddenly lost his aura of invincibility. … Read More
Love, or infatuation, clearly took a beating when sacked Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan (re-christened Chand Mohammad after a hasty conversion to Islam last November) walked out of paradise, leaving Anuradha Bali (alias Fiza) helpless with rage. There can be little doubt, as Fiza alleged, that former Haryana chief … Read More
It was unclear, at the time of writing, if Orissa Governor Murli Bhandare would concede the opposition demand for a fresh vote of confidence, following allegations that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ‘manipulated’ his 11 March 2009 victory by a questionable voice vote. Essentially, the vote count is meaningless as the … Read More
