For the Modi Government, time is slowly running out. Reforms haven't gathered pace, pending legislations are piling and slowly, doubts are creeping in. Can Modi deliver the utopian paradise he made a billion Indians dream about in the summer of 2014? The upcoming Monsoon Session is critical. Over the three week session starting on July
The message was clear right from the first line of the Budget Speech, the economy needed some serious revival. One may say that it was a very long and safe budget presented by the union finance minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament today. However, Mr. Jaitley kept the dream of good days alive with his innovative
A year can be almost an eternity in a country like India. Last December, there was a sense of doom and gloom around us. Angry citizens had taken to the streets in protest against the gang rape of the Delhi brave-heart and the issue of women safety and security;
Politics is all about how well can you get your idea forward. Its about expressing your idea in the best way possible. In India, politics is about those punchlines which get the people addicted to your speeches. However, we did even have some massive messups and some bizzare statements which attracted more buzz on Twitter
Delhi doesn’t have a govt for a while. While Presidential rule looks inevitable, the people of Delhi at least got to see the drama and theatre of Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP party members. To borrow from AAP’s new-found admirer, Rahul Gandhi, it has been “complete nonsense” for the last 3 days. One loose cannon after another from
When I was in my ninth standard, I read a quote of an eminent personality in our compulsory history book that sent a shiver down my body and mind. That great personality was none other than Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of ’Independent India’, whose voice was heard over All India Radio on that much
Each coin has 2 sides. Take a look at the funny side of the State Elections 2013 and here is the twitterati response: #1-Sir Sri Jhunjhunwala (@jhunjhunwala) "Congress views Rahul Gandhi the way Yashraj Films views Uday Chopra. They think he's a superstar.Its everyone else who thinks he's a jackass" #2- The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes)
It was a super sunday for BJP and a sulking sunday for the Congress! There were record turnouts, record hype around the elections and finally, record results. BJP swept the elections bagging all 4 states (retaining 2 and capturing 2) and winning/leading in 404 of the 589 seats. The BJP stood victorious with a
These State Elections were probably the biggest elections ever. There was much hype before the elections. The Media coined it the term of "2013 Semi Finals" and it was the first election after the Modi elevation. Many factors came into play but the top ones remained the Modi Wave factor and the Congress anti-incumbency and
"Preach what you do" The Congress needs to learn a lot from the above line. The last few days, nearly every media house, top politician of each party except for the BJP and every "Human Right Activist" has been speaking about one thing- the "alleged" violation of the right to privacy of a lady in
