Posted by sanjaykaul on June 18, 2011 · 3 Comments
Just as we prepare to remember the 25th anniversary of the draconian event in free India’s history, a series of events and the government’s responses guided by 10 Janpath indicate what everyone always feared but never dared to suggest – the Emergency is back, it’s just in different colours. How do we commemorate what we … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with 1975, 2-G spectrum scam, Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, BJP, Congress, corruption, JPC, Laokpal Bill, media in emergency, PAC Report, President Patil, Rahul gandhi, RSS, Sanjay Gandhi, Sanjay Kaul, Shiela Dixit, Sonia Gandhi
Posted by sanjaykaul on March 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The measured and strategic positions that the BJP has taken on various issues lately and for some time on some issues have now come full circle and as recent developments have shown, the BJP is looking more and more like the party you can trust to govern at the centre. Three developments in quick succession … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with Ayodhya, BJP, Congress, corruption, Godhra, Gujarat, India, JPC, Liberals, Manmohan Singh, PM, right, RSS, Sanjay Kaul, Sonia Gandhi, UPA Government
Posted by sanjaykaul on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A gallimaufry of events, notices and breaking [broking!] news of the past month – from the hot spots of New Delhi, Karnataka, Parliament and Bihar – not forgetting Radiagate - in a freshly packaged pocket edition of views and counterviews that attempt to aim for the soul of brevity – with or without the wit. The Dalal … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with A.Raja, Barkha Dutt, Bihar, Bihar election results, BJP, Congress, corruption, CWG corruption, DMK, JDU, JPC, Kalawati, mediagate, N.K.Singh, NDA, Niira Radia, Nitish Kumar, Parliament, Radia Tapes, Radiagate, Rahul gandhi, Sanjay Kaul, Sonia Gandhi, Sushil Kumar Modi, telecom scam, Vir Sanghvi
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
