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  1. I am a Brahmin but he is not a Reddy

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    / April 18, 2012 / 2 Comments
    “I am a Brahmin and I am the Congress general secretary,” said Rahul Gandhi during a review meeting of the abysmal results in the Uttar Pradesh elections, after the Brahmin lobby reportedly tried to pin the blame the debacle on the party’s aggressive wooing of the minorities and other castes....

  2. Why sing this Coup song di?

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    / April 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    That’s what most of India is asking today. The front page Indian Express story details the movement of two key army units from Hissar in Haryana (33rd Armoured Division) and Agra in Uttar Pradesh (50 Para Brigade) towards the national capital on the night of January 16. The story details...

  3. A confused Congress in Andhra Pradesh

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    / April 1, 2012 / 3 Comments
    After the last round of byelections in Andhra Pradesh, where the Congress drew a blank, a senior non-Congress leader from the state was asked by a member of the Congress High command in Delhi, what he thought of the future of the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. “Only the final rites...

  4. A new low in governance

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    / March 16, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Just when I thought that the government of Manmohan Singh had reached its nadir by deciding to seek a review of the Supreme Court ruling which cancelled 2G licenses, the government has once again demonstrated that it can plumb to newer depths in perversity. This time it is the Trinamool...

  5. `The Burning Train’ starring Mamata Banerjee

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    / March 15, 2012 / 5 Comments
    The Sun rises in the East. Dinesh Trivedi discovered yesterday that `his sun’ also set in the East. Over one hundred years after the capital of India shifted from Kolkata (then Calcutta) to Delhi, Mamata Banerjee’s Indianised version of the East India Company is threatening to gain control once again....

  6. Time to host a farewell party

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    / February 2, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Manmohan Singh should send a `Thankyou card’ to Kapil Sibal. Witness how admirably, though unconvincingly, the Telecom minister stressed the fact that the PM had `zero’ role to play in the entire decision process on 2G.   Which is perhaps why the Congress thinks the BJP is wrong when it accuses...

  7. The ‘vindication’ of the PM

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    / February 1, 2012 / 3 Comments
    “Unfortunately, those who were expected to give proper advice to the PM and place full facts and the legal position before him failed to do so. ” So observed the Honourable Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement yesterday. The judgement was given pertaining to a case filed by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy questioning the delay in...

  8. Mera Naam Lalu

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    / December 22, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir So Lalu Yadav is India’s Mohammed Asif who bowled the no-ball just the way the Congress wanted him to. Forget line and length. When Team UPA is trying to desperately save face, Lalu, the political freelancer has come to its aid. As always. Protesting against the...

  9. Mayawatiji, aap utejit mat hoyiye

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    / October 23, 2011 / 1 Comment
     By T S Sudhir If Mayawati is to be believed, Sonia Gandhi may soon say “Aap baith jayiye” to Meira Kumar, while ushering her to the Prime Minister’s chair. This, the UP chief minister predicts, will be the Congress’s big ticket move ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh...

  10. For Anna or against him? Do I have a choice?

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    / August 25, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Archana Venkat The Indian English media (mainly TV), perhaps influenced by the American media, seems to want to take sides on every issue worthy of public consumption. Covering the Anna Hazare campaign has been no different. Every prominent English news channel has resorted to taking sides on the issue...