As an Indian, I’ve become rather concerned about the hype we’re hearing about our own country — all this talk about India becoming a world leader, even the next superpower. India is often called the 21st Century power. And I just don’t think that’s what India’s all about, or should be all about. Indeed, what
On Sunday,the 27th of October, 2013 as the first bomb explosion was reported from Patna railway station the TV news media sensed blood. They got more than they were hoping for. Then there were more blasts. Crowds had already gathered in lakhs at the Gandhi Maidan for BJP’s Mega Rally in Hunkaar. The series of blasts killed 5
Lets talk about the circle of life. After 24 years of carrying the burden of the nation's expectations, Sachin Tendulkar is going to retire soon this November. At the same time, Sharad Pawar is back as the Chairman of the MCA and he is going to continue at that position for another 24 years. Sachin
This is the second part to India's Foreign Policy. To read the first part please click on this link. So lets start of with Part II: Bhutan: The cute little toddler who is in awe of you. He’s very good for your ego since you can indulge your fantasies by posing like a superman/iron man/batman
In the India of today, politicians and government officials are largely inaccessible to the general public. They are more like dictators. They meet us once in 5 years and then disappear. Yes, sometimes we do see our leaders in the news when they make stupendous statements which show their total disconnect from the general Indian
Clearly, the word of the Day is Escape Velocity, just in case it escaped your attention through a busy day. Have you heard of Jupiter's escape velocity.....no no aeronauts didn't discover it today. It's just that it escaped Rahul Gandhi's lips today. And suddenly all of us Indians in the Twitterverse, woke up to Jupiter's
Dr Manmohan Singh is only the illusion of a prime minister. The illusionary PM with the real control center From Jammu last week, and most horribly, came yet another example of what happens when policies and institutions are reduced to an illusion. It is in matters of national security and foreign policy that
Lets face the true fact today. If your enemy slaps you on one cheek and you offer him another, he will be more than happy to give the same treatment to your other cheek! Why do we accept both terror and talks? We do not need the soft nation tag anymore. Yes,
As the midnight hour approached, N prepared himself for his country’s tryst with destiny by fixing a fresh rose on to the button hole of his cotton vest. In a few hours, the long and hard struggle to rid India of foreign rule would bear fruit. N had grand dreams for his beloved India, of
Products and brands have a life-cycle and a fixed life period. Commonly this cycle progresses as development, introduction, growth, maturity, decline and eventually death and disappearance. The pioneer of mosquito repellents in India, the Tortoise brand (popularly called ‘Kachchua Chaap’) is still famous but dead. The toothpaste ‘Promise’ is now mostly given in small bathroom packs in
