By T.J.S. George When the enormity of it all sank in — the overwhelmingness of the exit polls, their near unanimous predictions, and then the final numbers that burst like pellet bombs — I found myself staring into the silence of the losers. Honesty being the best policy, I need to admit that I was…
Modi’s march of victory: Here is the checklist for five years…
May 25, 2019The result of this 2019 election, compared to the previous one, clearly indicates that it is an inclusive mandate where even minorities, specially ladies, have supported Narendra Modi The whole world loves the winner, failure is an orphan. Today the whole world loves Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi is an orphan. So also those of the…
“It’s the Leadership, Stupid”: Taking a peek into Modi Magic
May 25, 2019Narendra Damodardas Modi, India’s first Prime Minister to be born in Independent India, on May 23rd also became the first Prime Minister since 1971 to secure a single party majority twice in a row. The BJP patriarch, L.K. Advani in 2014, after being relegated to the Margdarshak Mandal, while congratulating Modi, turned it into a…
Opposition thinks of Modi, Modi thinks of Country
May 22, 2019Congress Party must go back to the People from the Dynasty At a time like this where Indian Democracy is put to severe test of credibility and its future destiny as a Democracy because of the frustrated Opposition Parties, numbering 21, fearing losing the just concluded Parliamentary Elections as indicated by the Exit Polls, it…
Who will be the King and who will be the King-maker ?
May 22, 2019NDA rule or UPA rule is not a matter of concern. For a common man, it does not make any difference. Both are two sides of the same coin. Their only aim is to make their cadre rich. Election promises are best forgotten after elections. Of course, both Congress and bjp have some experience of…
Press Conference: Who needs it ?
May 18, 2019Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined BJP President Amit Shah at a press conference called by the latter. Many of us hoped the journalists would ask him questions and PM Modi would destroy those questions with élan, deploying his abundance of confidence, cache of facts and inimitable sarcasm but nothing happened ! All we got…
How the Modi-Shah combine is like no adversary the Congress has ever encountered before?
May 16, 2019By Shashank Gouri from New York Rahul Gandhi must be ruing the day his party coined the phrase ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai.’ In a bid to counter the ruling BJP’s strategy to transition Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Chaiwala to Chowkidar, the Congress might have finally met its match in Modi-Shah as they are left grappling…
India’s great reformer Modi
May 15, 2019He is changing the politics and economics of India after 72 years of Independence When the American weekly news magazine TIME dated May 20, 2019 came out with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph on the cover with the title India’s Divider In Chief, a vast majority of Modi loyalists apparently did not approve of the…
“Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga…”
May 9, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC When Narendra Modi uttered the famous slogan ‘Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga’ (neither will I indulge in corruption, nor allow anyone else to indulge in it), the nation was thrilled. For a nation used to corruption at all levels, this was something new. For a few months there…
Musings on Shashi Tharoor and his ‘Paradoxical Prime Minister’
April 16, 2019Reading books has many advantages to those who have no friends and those who have problem getting sleep. As for me, I have friends and no problem sleeping the moment I hit the sack, exceptions apart. All the same, I continue my old habit of reading books. After all, old habits die hard, it is…
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