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• Foxes Guarding the Hen House Yet Again?
  on May 21, 2014 in 2014 general elections campaign finance criminal charges against legislators
  We have heard, for the past five or six days, "Acche din aane waale hain." That's all very well, but, to quote a very popular fantasy series partly based on real-life historical events and characters, "Words are wind." Why is that so? Let's look at a...
• If Only...
  on May 13, 2013 in corruption 2014 general elections 2013 Karnataka elections
  BJP ally Shiv Sena claims that the projection of Narendra Modi as a Hindutva leader would have led to a BJP victory in Karnataka. They're wrong--because it was not the projection of Modi as a secular leader that put off voters, it was the BJP's assoc...
• The Ancien Regime Rides Again?
  on May 10, 2013 in rule of law corruption railway ministry
  Stories of a top railway official willing to allegedly offer the railway minister's nephew a bribe of Rs. 90 lakhs for an even more impressive post on the railway board have appalled those of us who have read of plum posts in Church and Sta...
• The Justice Verma Committee Report: Law Minister's Response
  on Jan 29, 2013 in Justice Verma Committee petition rule of law Law Minister Fighting crime Ashwani Kumar
  Yesterday, Shri Ashwani Kumar, Law Minister, said he disagreed with the committee on its stand that politicians accused of a crime should be debarred from contesting elections. He says that politicians should only be prevented from contesting electio...
• Get Criminals out of Political Life
  on Dec 25, 2012 in crimes against women Delhi gang rape Indian women criminal justice system rape
  Much of the outrage associated with the Delhi gang rape has been directed at the political class, with good reason. It appears these worthies continue to include criminals in their ranks--many politicians who recently stood for election have criminal...
• Breaking Babaji's Fast
  on Jun 5, 2011 in civil society Lokpal Bill corruption
  The government, as represented by its ministers, has found an unusual method of creating a popular opposition--by not doing its job. The civil society agitations that have been in the news would have never occured had the government done its job--by...
• Breaking Babaji's Fast
  on Jun 5, 2011 in civil society Lokpal Bill corruption
  The government, as represented by its ministers, has found an unusual method of creating a popular opposition--by not doing its job. The civil society agitations that have been in the news would have never occured had the government done its job--by...
• Around The World in 80 Dishes
  on Feb 11, 2010
  Around The World in 80 Dishes...
• Around The World in 80 Dishes
  on Feb 11, 2010
  Around The World in 80 Dishes...
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
  on Apr 12, 2009 in SP 2009 elections
  So now Mulayam Singh Yadav and his party want to drag us back by God knows how many years by abolishing English and the use of computers. Then you have the BJP, which has been carrying out a religious progrom in Orissa along with other members of the...

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