Promise of Reason

Unlike western countries where democratisation was a product of industrialisation and economic development, for India Democratisation was a means of social and economic development.Due to this, there are various dichotomies regarding text and context of India.For instance, we have a secular state (according to constitution) but not a secular society.

Dichotomy regarding state and civil society influences the functioning of political parties and government to a large extent in Indian democracy.Democracy makes government and parties function in a constraint fashion.Here, I analyse how political parties function inadequately and how these inadequacies are somehow inherent in Democracy of  third world societies. Read the rest of this entry »

jawaharlal nehru speech

Jawaharlal Nehru’s broadcast to the nation on August 15, 1948 is noteworthy because the words he uttered then hold considerable importance for our contemporary political life. Excerpts from that address are being reproduced here. Better late than never

Let us not forget where we have failed or where we have erred. For our failures and errors have been many. Some of these are obvious enough, but the real failure has been a failure of the spirit and a falling away from the high standards set by the Father of our Nation, under whose wise guidance we had struggled and marched for over a quarter of a century. He taught us that worthy ends could only be achieved through worthy means, that ideals and objectives could never be divorced from the methods adopted to realise them. He had told us to cast out fear, for fear is not only ignoble but is also the parent of hatred and violence. Read the rest of this entry »

So, central government has banned CPI maoist, the main outfit of maoist and naxalite activities in India. It is a much awaited action and finally government woke up when these so called revolutionaries had taken over a large part of Lalgarh. Anyways better late than never. But it should not be stopped here. Government should start an all out campaign and mind you military/para-military campaign, not a police one to flush out all the naxalites from whole country, so that a right environment of development can be created in naxal affected areas. It is the best time to do so in last 60 years and looks like universe has conspired to give us that opportunity. Government must seize it with open hands and ruthless force. Here are the reasons why it is the best time to start an all-out flush out campaign against maoist and naxalites. Read the rest of this entry »

The problem:

Whether it is Mr. Rajdeep sardesai on CNN-IBN showing his concerns for performance of Congress party or NDTV news reporters stating their clear preferences for Left in their news items, all are sources of worry for neutral functioning of media. Media which is by its very name, not supposed to favor one party or another, seems to loosing its way. All the media persons we are discussing here are very senior reporters and thinkers as such. But problem to separate fact from the personal values and preferences is looming large on media as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a list of issues, which are going to play important role in General election 2009. They spanned over terrorism, recession, personality cult, development and traditional Hindu-Muslim fight. List is in no particular order, so here we go:

1. Terrorism: The biggest issue that every election all over the world is plagued with is terrorism. India is one of the worst hit country by terrorism. Over the last 5 years more than 2000 people has lost their lives to this devil and the worse part is that government does not seem to do anything solid for internal security. NDA is pitching high on this issue, with Narendra Modi as their mouthpiece, Congress is surely on back-foot here. Regional parties are not too much concerned with this issue. But it is a big issue in urban India only. Though Delhi constituency election 2009 is quoted as example of BJP not gaining from this issue. Read the rest of this entry »

Two videos for Right to Information Act by me and my friends. RTI has made administration accountable and it is becoming more and more important day by day as it is the best instrument to control the government in the hands of common people.

see more such videos on my youtube profile

Priya Dwivedi is a young working woman with a BTech degree in information and technology, career is rising up in its usual way, hard work and talent have made her able to take care of herself. Living in satelite town of Delhi, she hit a moral roadblock in her late 20s. To take care of her 2 years old son, oh did I forget to mention that she is happily married, atleast till now, she decided to leave the job. Now arise many problems, many problems we all, people living in big cities, see on a regular basis. She cann’t and shouldn’t be content with a life where taking care of her son is his whole day work, Read the rest of this entry »