They talk in haste only to deny in leisure. In that respect they are all one and united. Politicians of all hue do this with alarming regularity and with impunity.
What a relief!
It is not that the re-installation of Kalyan Singh as Chief Minister of UP comes as a deliverance from all woes and makes us heave a sigh of relief. Rather, the fact that the UP legislators…
Fear over the city
Bomb culture is passe. We now live in a bomb civilisation. Three kilograms of explosives that had the potential to create an unplanned subway in the arterial Anna Salai, defused just on time
Beware of Bhandaris
It is high time Romesh Bhandari joined the ranks of ex-Governors. No doubt it will embolden him to bid for a Bharat Ratna, but we are sure the panelists, once bitten will now be twice shy before doling out the highest civilian honour to politicians with a past.
Of annans and jis, hands in hand
Time was when the India beyond the Vindhyas was a forbidden land. The seclusion of the regions down south from the mainstream was owing to several reasons-historical, geographical and self-imposed.
Too many cooks and one bad chef
There could be little doubt that the UP Governor Romesh Bhandari nurtured his own personal agenda. It would be naive to think that the present imbroglio that has rendered yet another government defunct in that state took the incumbent of the Raj Bhavan too by surprise.
Should they come along?
To all of us creatures on this cursed planet earth, the advent of the 21st century appears imminent, come what mays. But then, our politicians would like us to believe that,
The quiz about a crown
It is an Indian tradition to respect elders. That an octogenarian, who has been active in public life for a good part of the century deserves to be honoured needs no elaboration. But then, it also happens to be an Indian tradition to overdo things a bit.
Strange rationality
The whole of India and that includes the Congressmen, is agreed on one thing and that is the absolute irrelevance of a doddering old man called Sitaram Kesri, who would easily qualify as the most criticised and most caricatured leader(?) in recent times.
Watch your step, Actor
The DMK must now be thanking its Star. They may not believe in the Almighty but certainly have a lot of faith in ‘Arunachalam’. The faithfuls now have reason to celebrate. With his typical swish of the hand the super Actor has dismissed any suggestion of againsts the DMK regime for its ‘very minors negligence of allowing the extremists to accumulate bombs and weapons which has now caused the death of ‘just’ fifty innocent people.
