Kingshuk Nag, at the Times of India thinks so ... here's his incisive analysis: … [Read more...]
More from Tharoor
August 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
MoS External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, reflects on his 100 days in the thick of things. Read here … [Read more...]
What’s the world coming to?
August 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of the BJP's main flagbearers in the media, Swapan Dasgupta, suggests that "LK Advani Should Have Done a Sonia." Read here and ignore his unnecessary last line. … [Read more...]
Discordant Notes
August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Reading this Hindustan Times op-ed by Sitaram Yechury about the BJP/RSS certainly reminds us that we and the Left continue to share a deep commitment to secularism. … [Read more...]
Congress Members To Donate 20% Salary For Drought Relief
August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
At a meeting of the Congress Working Committee,the congress on Wednesday decided that all its ministers, MPs and MLAs will donate part of their salaries to drought relief fund. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party members to give 20% of their salaries for the measures that are being adopted by central and state governments to pacify drought effects. "The Congress president proposed that party MPs, legislators, ministers and other salaried office bearers voluntarily offer 20 … [Read more...]
What Makes the BJP Truly A Party With a Difference
August 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
TK Arun, in the Economic Times, takes us beyond the convulsions at the top to warn us about the true nature of the BJP, who runs it and what its fundamental agendas are. Read here … [Read more...]
“Down the BJP’s Rabbit Hole”
August 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
Mint takes us "Down the BJP's Rabbit Hole" On Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie said in the context of recent infighting in the party that BJP president Rajnath Singh is like "Alice in Blunderland". Shourie's comments may seem more like catchy media dribble than meaningful criticism, but he may be on to something. Lewis Carroll's absurdist tale Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an erratic, mind-bending narrative; the story's protagonist, Alice, struggles to grasp a … [Read more...]
More Comedy from the BJP Camp
August 25, 2009 By 2 Comments
Arun Shourie jumps into the free-for-all and calls BJP President Rajnath Singh "Humpty Dumpty." When is some TV channel going to set up a Reality Show called "The BJP Circus," we wonder? … [Read more...]
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE BJP?
August 24, 2009 By 4 Comments
-By Sanjay Jha By the time you read this, hopefully the dust would have somewhat settled post the “ chintan baithak” of the BJP. Introspection and incriminations over, analysis and acrimoniousness being left behind. The grocery-list of reasons cited for the 2009 election defeat are hardly worth a “ Eureka” – so let me save you some precious web space of mindless reading. Much has already been said about the dramatic expulsion of veteran Jaswant Singh and the quiet resignation of … [Read more...]
Taking Criticism in Stride
August 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A Jaswant-Tharoor comparison shows the Congress to be far more accommodating of internal criticism, says Vidya Subrahmaniam, in this piece from The Hindu … [Read more...]
