Archive for the 'Political System' Category

(Dis)honor

Monday, June 30th, 2008

How does the state honor the passing away of country’s greatest soldier?
By declaring a state funeral.
Sounds alright. Just that the President of the Indian Republic, The Vice-President, The Prime Minister, The Defence Minister and The Three chiefs of the Armed forces won’t be able to make it.
Carry it on, somebody send someone to […]

The Lesser Sinner

Monday, May 5th, 2008

“The right way is”, he continued, “to figure out the lesser culprit of all — and vote”.

Teaching a language gives the teacher a whole big playground of subjects to play with. “This is a pen”, “That is a clock” or moving on to a little more complex syntax, “We should all vote”. Complex still — […]

Questions

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Update
A whole lot of discussion going on at DC and I am thankful it hasn’t got into personal feuds just yet. But some sentiments for sure. Worth a dekko, the whole thing here.
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Something I wrote for desicritics, cross posted here. Your comments, criticism always welcome.
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Questions for Raj Thackeray:
1. Are you specifically against UP-wallahs and Biharis […]

The Decaying Pillar

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

In Patna and Gaya, LLB students go on a rampage because they aren’t allowed to cheat by the authorities. Yes, it is the same Gaya where, in 500 BC, Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment. After 2500 years, surely, this is some kind of enlightenment the students are looking for. It also gives you a picture of […]

Turning in his Grave

Monday, December 10th, 2007

What Modi did, when he made those comments about Sohrabuddin was that he provoked the little devil living in each man, in this case, the hindu front benchers who chanted “Kill him! Kill him!” when he raised up the issue.

Modi has been smart enough to show some state development on his performance report card. It […]