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  1. Don’t undermine the CAG

    Posted by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP
    / October 21, 2012 /
    There’s an old Chinese saying “when the finger points at the moon, the foolish looks at the finger.” Some from the Government – the executive – have attempted a not so credible attempt at portraying the Supreme Court and the CAG – the two institutions that have spotlighted the recent...

  2. Jagan’s arrest shows the rotten state of AP politics

    Posted by
    / May 28, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The arrest of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy merely exemplifies the rotten state of politics in Andhra Pradesh. Gloating over his arrest by the CBI or accusing the CBI of vindictive action are both uncalled for. All traditional parties in the state have been guilty of abusing power and indulging in...

  3. Spare us please. It isn’t funny

    Posted by
    / May 11, 2012 / 1 Comment
    While in college, when I started freelancing in the late 80s, I used to write stories for `Children’s World’. A monthly magazine published by the Children’s Book Trust. An institution established in 1957 by the late Shankar Pillai, known as the patriarch of political cartooning in India. It was therefore...

  4. Godification of Dr B R Ambedkar and Shivaji Maharaj

    Posted by
    / December 25, 2011 /
    Step aside prosperous elephant-head and castaway your rings, naughty Saturn. You guys might have the rich followers and overflowing hundis, but you can’t beat the power of the new Gods of the downtrodden. Touch us if you can.

  5. India’s leaders, new age Roadies !

    Posted by
    / April 18, 2011 /
    Come shop for your leaders in the grand retail of the Republic. Just off a highway outside Hyderabad, I saw many white and gold YSRs waving at the busy evening traffic. When I looked closer, it was a whole army of familiar figures – Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, NTR, Indira Gandhi...

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