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  1. Decriminalising Parliament

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    / January 11, 2013 /
    With the public gaze resting so determinedly on politicians involved in crimes against women, some political parties have announced that they will not henceforth field such candidates. Some well meaning social activists have filed PILs in the Supreme Court, seeking suspension of MPS and MLAs with cases of crimes against...

  2. A few questions about the Planning Commission

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    / September 26, 2012 /
    Every other day, we hear a sage pronouncement from Montek S Ahluwalia, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. The learned Deputy Chairman has a prescription for each and every ill that besieges the Indian economy. The problems that beset us are many, of varied hues, of varying intensity. They...
    Posted in Business, Delhi
    Tagged ahluwalia, montek, montek ahluwalia, planning commission

  3. Power on with reforms

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    / August 1, 2012 /
    Talk about the power situation in Andhra Pradesh or power outage in North India, it’s a tale of professional mismanagement and weak policy response. A bird tells me that AP has the best power statistics. National average is 26% losses from power transmission, generation and distribution. AP is better @18%....

  4. Pawar-play and some Gandhigiri

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    / July 20, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam, is what the Congress story is beginning to look like. On the day, the party voted in full strength to send Pranab Mukherjee to Raisina Hill, two developments unfolded. Let’s start with the morning when it was Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way. The...

  6. Yeh Dilli hai mere yaar

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    / July 9, 2012 / 2 Comments
    It’s been an eventful trip to India. First year of MBA just got over and I am back in India for a bit to visit family and friends after one whole year. Much has happened…things have changed, people have changed, I have changed. New perspectives have been gained. A chapter...

  7. The Gift

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    / July 3, 2012 / 4 Comments
    I want to give Mark Zuckerberg a great big collective hug from all of us prehistoric beings (read as ‘those born before the times of the internet’)… You see, Facebook is giving us a very special gift indeed! How else would I have located my teen-time buddy, with whom I...

  8. Race for President to change PM?

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    / June 14, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Sometime in May, when this important ally of the Congress in the UPA was called by Sonia Gandhi for discussions on the Presidential election, he decided to be candid. “Ma’m, we will support whoever you decide to nominate for the President. But I have a request to make. Please change...

  9. Spare us please. It isn’t funny

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    / 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...

  10. Wanna be President of India? Your caste? Religion? Region?

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    / May 1, 2012 /
    That’s all that seems to matter when it comes to zeroing in on the best candidate who can be elected to the post of the President of India. Not surprising given the fact that at election time, it is the candidate’s caste, community, religion and of course, spending power that...

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