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Sunday choice of the blog : Motivational speaker

A Shove with Love – A Kickstart to Change.
The Fifty Success Habits
Eight Steps to Getting out of that Rut
Low Fat Meals that Aren’t.
Smells Like Team Spirit
The Value of Criticism
Single? What’s WRONG with Him?
Weight-Loss Bullshit.
The Thief of Time.
Sure, girls are cool.. but I so don’t wanna be one.

A Soldier’s General : Sam Manekshaw and implications of his legacy

sam-manekshawFirst of all, a tribute to the best Indian soldier ever Field Marshal Manekshaw. He died today. He was one of the founding father of Indian modern state. As Nehru was prime inspiration and lighthouse in politics in initial years of India, Field Marshal was for army personnel. He was famous for his inspiring words and guiding a policy of involvement of army in political matters. It was fortunate for India to have him in those scary times of late 60s and 70s, when everywhere else in the world democracies were falling apart and military was taking over.
This brings us to the famous Indian victory of 1971. It was a great victory from military point of view, but more important implications were political and theoretical. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Manmohan Singh stay or go?

deal-or-no-dealManmohan singh, our dummy prime minister is in the dilemma of lifetime. He has asserted many times that he will resign if nuclear deal is paralyzed by anyone. Now we have very interesting situation. Points to be considered: Read the rest of this entry »

Top reasons why violent protest in kashmir should be surpressed

kashmir-protestI read two very opposite kind of news in last week about Kashmir. First was that a rail road is about to complete to link Kashmir valley to rest of India. This is supposed to bring new wave of economical development in valley. Second news was that on 20th June some student hoisted Pakistani flag at Kashmir University and gave their arrest in support of separatist militants.  Though these news items have no direct connection, but we can easily predict that if the first news would have come 20-30 years before then we should not be hearing the second news. Then there was one more news which rocked the Kashmir valley and many people died after their violent protest and police fire. Read the rest of this entry »

Top 6 reasons why India can not produce an Obama

indian-obamaThere is a high pitched debate going on among Indian bloggers whether India can produce an Obama or not. (here, here) By “producing an Obama” we mean the very rapid rise of a particular leader at the national level like Mr. Barak Obama in USA. We know that India always has tradition of old leaders, leaders in their 90s, 80s. We have Mr. Advani, age above 80, Mr. Karunanidhi, Buddhadev Bhattacharya, Devegauda as patriarchs of Indian politics. But we do not have any leader in his 40s or 50s, who has a national appeal (I do not consider Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Sindhiya as leaders), Though Mayawati, Narendra Modi, Prakash Karat have shown promise. Let us examine what are the factors responsible for average old age in Indian politics. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday choice of the blog : Zen Habits

Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System

Top 20 Motivation Hacks – An Overview

A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Home

50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap

Top 42 Exercise Hacks

10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It

75 Simple Pleasures to Brighten Your Day

How to Actually Execute Your To-Do List

Email Zen: Clear Out Your Inbox

4 Simple Steps to Start the Exercise Habit

Countdown to general election 2009 – conclusion – a hung parliament

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series countdown to general election 2009

indian_election_countdownAfter looking at the large picture, it looks like the repeat of 1998 election. NDA is not quiet there. UPA+ Left cannot form the government. Mayawati holds the key unless anything major happens in next 12 months. Read the rest of this entry »

Chakresh Mishra (India) : Mechanical Engineer, Socio-political Analyst, Aspiring Diplomat

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