World's largest democracy? Yes, surely. But the World's largest successful democracy? Maybe not.In a country where the approval rating of the incumbent Prime Minister is below 10% (Ouch), at the heart of all problems lies the politics of the country. We opted for democracy as our political system. But I have been wondering for quite
The Supreme Court in a landmark order ruled that a lawmaker convicted by any court will lose his membership of the Parliament, State Legislature or any other body from the time he is convicted and will not be eligible to contest elections later. So wait wait wait.. this means we will have to run a
This week had it all. Finally after a long wait of 9 days... Arnab returned to Times Now. Lets Have a look at the weeks events: The nation was shocked and there was no one to ask the questions and get the direct answers. Rajdeep Sardesai finally found good days and was happy to see people finally
Did not like the new iPhone 5s? Found the iPhone 5C too expensive to be a "C for Cheap" iPhone? Disappointed with Tim Cook's leadership? "The leadership deficit in India is aggravating our economic crisis" -Ratan Tata, ex chairman and visionary of Tata Group, India's biggest group. We need a Paradigm Shift Many
Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister in 1991 For a long time, Manmohan Singh was an asset to the Congress. He stood for the values of efficiency, being a technocrat, a financial expert and most obviously, not being a politician. There was some amount of wonder at the problem about how he was going to
In USA, if someone attacks the USA, the country is smoked and flamed. Same in the United Kingdom and most of the other countries... But in India, if you attack us the answer is clear and very strong. We WILL NOT PLAY CRICKET WITH YOU. It is sad that our foreign policy is decided over
One day an investor said this on a show when asked about investment in India: “How can it be considered safe to invest in a country that has trouble keeping the lights on from one end of the country to the other?” Little did anyone know that the comments made in jest would actually become
The newspaper vendor is an eagerly awaited man every morning. But that’s by sheer force of habit I guess—we’ve been conditioned to see our parents, and their parents before that, enjoying the morning cup that cheers with the newspaper—because the newspapers of today do not really give any cause for such joyous expectancy. Bizarre though
We all have that one Uncle we know (probably more than one) who keeps on reminding you how terrible India is. He tells you about how every government authority takes bribes- from the RTO to the ration shop to the municipality. He will tell you how no government department does its job well – the potholed roads, abysmal
India is indeed a diverse country. On September 5, 2013, an Indian girl, or rather an Indian child prodigy, Sushma Verma of Lucknow was offered an integrated Master's and PhD programme at B S Abdur Rahman University (BSAU) in Vandalur. She was admitted to school rather late — when she was five-and-a-half years old. But
