Never has a slap in the face been so loud and pronounced. The people of Tamilnadu, with one decisive sweep of their hand have not only demolished the formidable facade put up by the DMK and TMC…
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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.
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…
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
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.