Posted by sanjaykaul on October 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Government has tried to seize the initiative on the Commonwealth Games enquiry, but with the clever overlap of multiple agencies and the IT raids to deflect attention, it looks like the Congress Party is already dictating the terms of reference for the probe. So, is the PM under pressure to scuttle the probe ? … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with BJP, CAG, CBI, Chief Minister of Delhi, CMO, Commonwealth Games 2010, Congress, CVC, CW Games corruption enquiry, CW Games Village, DDA, DUAC, ED, Emaar MGF, India's image abroad, IOA, Jaipal Reddy, Kalmadi, M.S. Gill, Mani Shankar Aiyar, MCD, Ministre of Sports and Youth Affairs, MoUD, NDMC, New Delhi CWG corruption, Organising Committee for the CW Games, Oscar Fernandes, PMO, Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, PWD, Shiela Dixit, Shunglu Committee, Sunil Dutt
Posted by sanjaykaul on August 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
A campaign for housing rights of slum and unauthorised colony dwellers in Delhi in the context of the Commonwealth Games 2010. It is with a hopeful heart that we have embarked on this campaign because it came to me that the expenditure on the Commonwealth Games is in stark contrast to the manner in which we … Read more
Posted by sanjaykaul on August 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Something just doesn’t add up. Governmental gobbledygook tells us we’re doing fine. Big media bleats the same message most obediently while economist spin meisters do rounds of TV studios and trammel us with data. Nobody knows what to think. Are we in the grip of a recession or a recovery? Is the inflation good for … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with Australia, capitalism, Commonwealth Games 2010, Congress, cost of living, Dr. Manmohan Singh, economist PM, education, electricity, GDP, global financial crisis, globalization, Governance, Greece, health, hospital bills, inflation, infrastructure, laws, lending, Metro, middle class, milk, Nandan Nilekani, Olympics, petrol, Planning Commission, poor, recession, recovery, savings, social justice, Sonia Gandhi, spending, state, Sydney, taxes, transport, UID Scheme, United Progressive Alliance, UPA, Water
Posted by sanjaykaul on July 23, 2010 · 2 Comments
Three TV shows in the span of one week on the Commonwealth Games due in October in New Delhi and a lot of posturing on behalf of almost all actors in the case. It seems like logic is returning to haunt us all. But are we missing the point, once again. So when they … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with A.K. Walia, Chief Minister of Delhi, Commonwealth Games 2010, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Congress, Connaught Place makeover, corruption, Dr. Harshvardhan, Finance Minister, flyovers, garbage, India, Indian Olympic Association, Mani Shankar Aiyar, MCD, Media, monsoon, NDTV, NDTV India, New Delhi, News 24, overspend on games, Planning and Urban Development, Rs 700 Crores for CP, Shiela Dixit, Suresh Kalmadi, Tarlochan Singh, tax payer money, wasteful expenditure on games, water logging in Delhi
