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  1. 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...

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

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    / May 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    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...

  3. Mum is the word

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    / April 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is as if the ruling political establishment has taken a collective decision to press `mute’. The plumbers too have overnight turned an efficient lot and there are no credible leaks from North or South Block on what’s on the Congress mind as far as India’s next president is concerned....

  4. Prez Patil and the snakes

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    / January 5, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Now that the President of India has gone back to New Delhi after her 11-day southern sojourn, the snakes can get back to Rashtrapathi Nilayam. The house of the President in Secunderabad is generally home to the reptiles during the period the first citizen does not come visiting and just...

  5. Anna Hazare, President of India?

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    / August 27, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir I just bounced this idea off a politician from the Telugu Desam. The response was positive. After all, were they not the party who backed APJ Abdul Kalam’s candidature as well.   President Pratibha Patil’s term comes to an end in July 2012, less than a...

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