Crack open the gated communities of bureaucrats

When a certain section of people build walls around their society and restrict access to the general public, it develops into a ‘gated community’. The Indian bureaucrats have been one such restricted society that they have lost touch with the ordinary people. The legacy of this elite group goes back to 1774 when Warren Hastings, [...]

Sharad Pawar and the politics of sugar!

India is the largest consumer of sugar on planet earth but it is only the second biggest producer of sugar after Brazil. This means that any significant drop in domestic production could send the price of sugar way up not only in India but worldwide. That is exactly what has happened during the last 12 [...]

Enlisting Nandan Nilekani should only be the first step…

There is no excuse left for the Government of India not to do what it needs to do. Dr Manmohan Singh is no Indira Gandhi; he has a very fine brain. Sonia Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi; she lets others use their brain. Rahul Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi either, he actually uses his brains. [...]

Let us pay attention to the Maoist movement

Could China be encouraging the Maoist Movement in India? This possibility should not be ruled out. Every insurgency requires significant financial support besides a regular supply of arms and ammunition. Poor tribals and destitute farmers can not afford such sustained effort over decades. Who else but China benefits from such bleeding of India? The recent [...]

The jokers of Bharatiya Janata Party!

There was a time that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the main component, was actually taken seriously by some very informed people of India. Today the same Bharatiya Janata Party is a collection of jokers who don’t even know where to point the finger. So they collectively decided [...]

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