Politics

Elections results: Pass or fail?

Election results from 5 states are out. Experts have already analysed them to death. But none have mentioned the real reasons. I believe there are three: Great advertising cannot make up for poor governance. AAP is an example. Having done zilch in Delhi over past two years, AAP obviously couldn’t fool smart Punjabis to elect […]

How to kill black money in 4 easy steps

And it doesn’t require demonetisation of curreny notes. Nor do Indian citizens have to perform yagna,  prove their patiotism by standing in queues for that. Neither is it a fix – quick, slow or one-time. And it works, in long term, as well as short and medium. No pain for economy, no adverse impact on […]

Damn Diesel! Or Diesel Darling!

I lament why has the government increased diesel price by Rs.5? Instead, it should have increased it by Rs.20, and then rolled it back to Rs.17. And the very next day, made a couple of announcements: 1. Offered a special one time DA of Rs.5,000 to all its employees to help them meet the diesel […]

You slap me, I slap you back!

Our class teacher in standard II and IV was a gentleman whom we addressed as Mr. Vohra (fellow FAPSians may recall him). He was a midget of a man – barely 5 feet tall. But at that age, he still was tall enough for us. Ironically, he was a brute. He used three novel ways […]

Three Fasts that changed India

Gandhi’s historic dandi march earned him the Time magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’ in 1930. The Dandi march was followed by civil disobedience and declaration of swaraj by Congress party. This rattled the British, forcing them to pay attention. Discussions followed, resulting in Irwin-Gandhi pact in March 1931. Though the pact didn’t make the British recognize India’s independence, […]

Why am I not at Ramlila Maidan today?

  Because I have a business to manage. I can’t leave my office, though I very much support Annaji’s anti-corruption crusade. I’m sure situation for many of you would be the same. Even if you believe in the cause (who doesn’t?), you may still not find it easy to present yourself in person at the […]

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