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Are left parties traitors? Is congress is working for what is best for US, not what is best for India? Whether RSS is a terrorist organization? Is BJP trying to promote the communal ideals? Is protest in Gorkhaland, Mumbai, Rajasthan unpatriotic? I come across these questions and comments at online blogs, in speeches of leaders and even in books. Not only it is a debate about big issues –nuclear deal, naxalite problem, formation of smaller states or inflation- but it’s also a debate about values. [Read more]

I wrote sometimes back about how people in democracies, especially in India keep complaining and blaming politics for everything wrong in their life. We should look inside ourselves and think if we are doing our own part in this complex political process. You must have heard “Be the change, you want to see in the world” and “Don’t ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for country” blah-blah. Let us leave those great people at rest for some time and figure out what we can do for this democracy in our own little ways. This is a fifteen step guide, beginning from easiest to more involved role for Great Indian People: [Read more]

Manmohan 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 more]

I 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 more]

There 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 more]

After 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 more]

Big news is that lefts will be no more decisive force. NDA and UPA are head to head in east.  Others can make alot of difference. [Read more]