By T.J.S. George Prime Minister Modiji said at Belur Mutt: “Swami Vivekananda lives in the hearts and minds of crores of Indians.” Then he said: “The new citizenship laws will not take away anyone’s citizenship.” Then two things happened. 1. The Belur Mutt lost no time in distancing itself from the Prime Minister’s position. The…
K.V. Kamath is front-runner for next Finance Minister
January 16, 2020New Delhi: Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting dozens of people to see how to fix the Indian economy, New Delhi’s rumour mills are abuzz about a new Finance Minister soon after the coming Budget, replacing the current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Former ICICI Bank Chairman K.V. Kamath (Kundapur Vaman Kamath) is seen…
A powerhouse of service and spirituality, Modi pays tribute
December 29, 2019Udupi: Tributes and condolences poured in from all corners of Karnataka and other parts of the country after news of the death of 88-year-old Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter condoled the Seer’s death and called him a powerhouse of service and spirituality, said, “I consider myself blessed to have got many…
PM Modi addresses mega poll rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi
December 22, 2019Modi begins speech with a call for ‘Unity in Diversity’ Unprecedented security deployed at venue New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally this morning at the large Ramlila Maidan, a little over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj that was hit by violence during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act. An…
Citizen Mr. India
December 13, 2019Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill. I was listening to the proceedings till it was put to vote. My interest was specially in listening to P. Chidambaram, who was there fresh from Tihar Jail and Kapil Sibal, the legal eagle of the Congress party. Due to a diversion,…
Winter Session of Parliament begins
November 18, 2019Ruckus in Lok Sabha as Opposition protest over Kashmir issue; Shiv Sena stages walkout New Delhi: Winter session of Parliament got off to a stormy start as the Opposition looked to corner the Government over the situation in Kashmir, this morning. MPs from the Congress, National Conference and the DMK protested in the well of…
Nothing lasts forever, specially power and fame
November 14, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Famed actor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a photo of himself sleeping on the street under his famous bronze statue and wrote, “How times have changed.” He was trying to make a point that how the hotel which he had inaugurated as a Governor of California had gone back on…
Do not take us for granted
October 31, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Indian democracy is still alive and kicking. The recent elections to the two States of Maharashtra and Haryana have proved it. All the exit polls had virtually written off Congress, ncp and other parties in these two States. All have to eat the humble pie as their calculations…
Modi cancels Turkey visit
October 21, 2019New Delhi: The Government has cancelled a two-day official visit to Ankara by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the backdrop of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech last month where he criticised India’s move on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue at the UNGA and…
Leading by understanding the ‘SELF’
October 14, 2019By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A few months ago, I saw a tweet from a recently elected Member of the Parliament (MP) expressing his happiness at the address of the Prime Minister to the newly-elected members. In his address, Prime Minister Modi reminded the MPs that being an MP should not be seen as a position…
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