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
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
What happens when one little Italian boy and a hardworking patriot clash against each other? It makes a setting for a perfect Indian political clash-The Great Indian Political Drama. Rahul Gandhi Often regarded as the brainchild of the 'newly envisioned Congress', Rahul Gandhi is the fourth generation leader in the Congress. Son of Sonia Gandhi
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
