It sounds like a surprising surrender half-way ( almost literally ) in the election sweepstakes by the once-vaunted LK Advani, and more importantly, by the usually burgeoning with scathing over-confidence , BJP. First, their usually reticent and much-calibrated intellectual Arun Shourie makes a ” private” disclosure—Narendra Modi for PM ( at an unidentified moment in… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Shri LK Advani was making a sad spectacle of himself, indulging in taking personal pot-shots at the fast-recuperating PM Manmohan Singh, terming him as a timid weakling, even as Narendra Modi, much inspired, launched his own sharp volley of typical derogatory. For a veteran leader who has perennially planned an ambitious restful night at 7,… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
The Indian political environment has got expectedly sullied with pedestrian games , petty mud-slinging and almost downright filthy accusations flying around like nasty gad-flies. A sense of déjà vu , but, of course, it is the general elections of the world’s largest democracy, so the colourful cacophony should have been expected. In the circumstances, it… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
First, let’s give credit where it is deservedly due. Mr Sudheendra Kulkarni, the BJP spokesman and PM-aspirant LK Advani’s electoral strategist, usually does his homework with thorough conscientiousness. Unlike some of his famous colleagues from the saffron brigade ( who look like mouthing practiced obeisance to their great cause ) , he looks genuinely soaked… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Poor Sanjay Dud. One always thought he was a bit over-the-top type, but Dud Saab has stretched the elastic a bit too far. Sometimes you wonder if all those hours we folks invested worrying about his mental sanity and physical state when he was in prison was just a colossal waste of our private time.… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
10, Janpath, wore a disconsolate, deserted look in February 2004 when I drove past its long stretch of barricaded compound. Barring the Black Cat commando-led high-security and birds sitting in a disciplined pattern on its imposing walls, there was a perceptible silence around it, with none of the pre-election fervour you would expect. It housed… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
He is the face of the new young India we talk about with such arrogant insouciance in business forums. He is amongst the few youth candidates being fielded by the BJP, obviously buttressed by that magical brand name, Gandhi. His family lineage is enviable. But it took just one speech, perhaps some more, to make… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Yesterday in Karnataka ( which saw the emergence of India’s first prime minister whom nobody had heard of before) they announced the Third Front, a bland amalgamation of a cold broth consisting of multiple ingredients. I will leave the perfunctory and predictable analysis of this complex combine to conventional journalistic processes, and instead get straight… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
( This has already been mailed to some of the well-known chief editors of both print and electronic media ) Sub: Will the Indian Media take a call on 2009 elections ? Dear Sir / Madam Two events of otherwise minor significance that happened last year manifests the diminishing reputation and tactlessness of the Indian… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Wherever Amar Singh of SP goes, a family soap opera eventually follows. The classic Ambani Brothers was prime time stuff that had the nation hooked onto the Mahabharata battle. The latest to join the idiot box, pun unintended, is Sanjay Dutt. If you hear Dutt talk, you can make out that he is not a… [Read more…]
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