He Promises to Make America Great Again. Will Narendra Modi Make India Great Again? Today no country in the world matters much other than America (US) in international trade, commerce, war and peace. Donald Trump, its President, is like an elephant in US politics that knows its strength. Which is why, he seems unpredictable to…
Rambling thoughts on three news items
December 1, 2024During working years, one rarely finds time to read newspapers in depth. One generally browses the headlines and sets out to his place of work. However, when one retires, reading newspapers becomes his second nature. That was how a friend shared with me three news items he thought were important. He said that the issues…
SOLILOQUY
November 28, 2024Who is afraid of India? Not Bangladesh! Winter is here. And the Winter Session of Parliament. It got off last Monday (25.11.2024) to a rocky start. Pandemonium prevailed and both Houses were adjourned within minutes of commencement. I had expected this. Congress being the single largest party among the I.N.D.I. Alliance in both the Houses,…
Modi must put India House in order before he leaves Office —2
November 20, 2024[Continued from yesterday] Those who voted for Modi in 2014, 2019 and 2024 expect him to set the House of Bharat Mata in order. There is so much of muck and mire left behind in the house by the earlier tenants. Luckily for Modi he has got a skilled house-keeper in Amit Shah, Home Minister….
Modi must put India House in order before he leaves Office —1
November 19, 2024Narendra Modi is a disappointment only because he is also a hope.’ — From the book ‘A New Idea of India’ Study of Political Science teaches that people do not know what they want; therefore, it is the duty of the government to give them what they want. But the question arises, who is this…
Time for Judicial Reform in a Big Way
November 15, 2024Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. — A Nursery Rhyme Writing about JRD Tata, the iconic Constitutional Jurist late Nani A. Palkhivala said that JRD Tata knew that the planes of Utopia and Reality never…
Cry, my beloved country
November 10, 2024‘Amaran’ movie musings In this world of wild social media, the word of mouth too has much power to convince a person about what is good, bad or ugly. For the last one week I was being asked by a couple of my cinema-addict friends to go and see a Tamil film by name ‘Amaran.’…
At least now Truth be told!
November 8, 2024Satyavanne Heluththene, a must-see Kannada play The miracle of social media is in a sense a boon to the freedom of speech for all as much as it is a curse. No wonder, the Australian Government has decided to ban the use of social media by youths below the age of 16. Apart from the…
Jai ho Trump
November 6, 2024Return of Donald Trump as US President A triumphant victory for Donald Trump in the Presidential election of America 2024. It was the greatest political electoral combat in recent American history. Kamala has withered. Having visited some parts of America during and before Barack Obama became the President, I have always been for Donald Trump…
A Jewel among the World Industrialists
November 4, 2024My last salute to Ratan Naval Tata I think that if India had not taken the socialist path but pursued a real free-market policy, without the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act, the Tatas would have been far, far higher than they ended up becoming,” said Ratan Tata in an article he wrote about…
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