The Battle for Bihar: Does the BJP have an Edge?
Continuing from the previous analysis of the ‘Battle for Bihar’, let us look at the rapid political developments in the state that would impact the ensuing assembly elections. For a change, it looks like luck is favoring the Bhartiya Janata Party. The Bihar Legislative Council results could not have come at a better time which serves as a tonic More...
The Battle for Bihar
The battle for Bihar is heating up. This is a ‘do or die’ election for both Nitish Kumar and his new friend and ally Lalu Prasad Yadav. While it is a battle of survival for this “grand alliance” More...
America’s Most Desperate: Why are 50 Million Americans Starving?
Americans live in the world’s wealthiest nation yet close to 50 million struggle to put food on the table. Compounding this is Washington’s apathy towards the condition of middle and lower income Americans devastated More...
Remembering the Good Doctor
Note : The following is a tribute to the late great physician and former Chief Minister of West Bengal Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy whose 130th birth and 50th death anniversaries took place yesterday. A good doctor always More...
The Indian Press is Loathsome
People deserve the government they get. That’s generally true, but in the particular case where the government is democratically elected, as H L Mencken observed, “the common people know what they want, and More...
Tripura: A Success Story
Tripura is one of India’s North-eastern states. It is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides, with only the western part connected to India. The state figured prominently in the works of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath More...
Uber-Liberal Op-ed Template on #SelfieWithDaughter
Take a picture with your child, #Despitehavingadaughter; take a selfie with your child and then share it with the world via Twitter showing how proud you are of your child #Despitehavingadaughter. Now that’s a More...
The Lalit Modi-Sushma-Raje Saga – Lessons for the BJP
For two weeks now, prime time TV debates have revolved around Lalit Modi (LM) and his politician friends. A Sunday Times London report referred to Sushma Swaraj’s assistance to LM. The ball then moved at rocket More...
Lessons of the Indian Emergency
The history of India’s twenty one month Emergency is too well known to need detailed recounting. It began in June 1975, suspending civil liberties and allowed the government to rule by decree. In fact it ushered More...
Three Heroes of Emergency
The final hours of 25 June were detrimental for our country as the then PM Indira Gandhi decided that it was better to put our sacred democracy in comatose than fighting honourably. As we mourn the momentary demise More...