Indians might reward Dr Manmohan Singh!

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

Incumbency is considered a liability in most of the democracies, India included. Voters are always unhappy with the current state of affairs in the country. There is no other reason for NDA (National Democratic Alliance) to have lost the general elections in 2004. The same kind of cynicism could be the fate of the now [...]

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Indian political choice, bad to worst?

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government proclaimed, “India Shining” in 2004 and called for general elections. They got a drubbing at the hustling. Obviously a majority of the population did not agree with NDA’s assessment. As a result the Congress Party managed to form another coalition under UPA (United Progressive Alliance) and formed the government [...]

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The arrogance of Indian Prime Ministers…

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Either by the constitution or by choice, the Indian Prime Ministers do not visit the people that they serve. I do not remember any Prime Minister of India who has visited all 610 districts of India. Not even the most popular and the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, ever visited all [...]

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Dr. Manmohan Singh has accepted all the applause…

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Dr. Manmohan Singh, the current Prime Minister of India, is credited with the economic reforms initiated by him in 1991 as Finance Minister under former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. If he was the primary reformer then, what happened to him and his reforms once he himself became the Prime Minister on May 22, [...]

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BJP goes south of the Vindhyas…

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally broken the stronghold of Indian National Congress and other regional parties in the South. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa led his BJP to victory in Karnataka Elections-2008. This election might have profound impact on the General Elections due in May 2009. Unlike Congress Party, BJP has developed a cadre [...]

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