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
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
This week was one of the biggest weeks in the run up to the 2014 General Elections. Lets take a look at the top political events this week. 1) The riots in Muzaffarnagar tore apart Uttar Pradesh leaving 43 dead and over 90 injured. Meanwhile, as soon as our honourable Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh called
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
Today, on the 13th of September, 2013, a fast track court delivered what is being regarded as an Historic Judgement. It has sentenced the 4 accused (out of 6; 1 Juvenile who got away with his crimes due to the Juvenile laws in the country; 1 accused and the main accused committed suicide earlier this
A country, of 1.3 billion people speaking over 4000 diverse languages, are currently speaking the same language- the language of change. On the occasion of the Independence of India, 15th of August, 1947, Prime Minister Nehru highlighted some basic problems which India needs to take care of - namely poverty, hunger, malnutrition, law and order
