By Sanjay Jha I think the Indian media is fast becoming like the good ole paunchy khaki-clad policemen in Bollywood films; they make their predictable appearance just as the hero finally pulverizes the villain into a tomato pulp to avenge the death of his dog or whatever. And then take the credit for the handcuffs with a smug smile . Let me elaborate. The truth is that we are missing the woods for the trees all over again; seriously, what is getting Warren Andersen , the former CEO of … [Read more...]
A New Deal For Youth
June 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
While we are looking back and working on our retrospective on the Congress party's 125 years, the party's future celebrated a quiet birthday away from the media glare. The media took note anyway and many interesting pieces surfaced focused on different facets of the AICC General Secretary and Amethi MP's political journey. Here's an article, by Srijana Mitra Das, appreciating Rahul Gandhi's role in making young Indians see politics in a new, positive light. Rahul Gandhi's birthday,which … [Read more...]
How They Got Here !
June 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
We located a piece in 'The Caravan', written by historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha, about the historic journey of the congress party. Dr Guha in his own masterly ways, highlights the chief contributions of the party and points out some of the crucial mistakes made by the party during its tenure. Here's more on that... "India today needs to make its economic growth more inclusive and sustainable. It needs to make its democracy more transparent, and less susceptible to the influence of big money … [Read more...]
A secret meeting and a sting
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Sanjay Jha A secret rendezvous for damage-control was recently held amongst Shashank Manohar (BCCI President), N Srinivasan (Secretary ), K Srikanth (Chief Selector ) and the former IPL Commissioner Just Suspended (Lalit Modi) at a luxury resort in exotic sun-kissed beaches of Goa. Here is the transcript of their discreet exchange in our exclusive sting operation . Srinivasan: I don't like this venue for our clandestine meetings, it is a straight give-away .Which idiot chose it? Modi … [Read more...]
Rajneeti, London and IPL
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Sanjay Jha The moment you land back in India, even before you have crossed the immigration counters, you will inevitably hear some intense animated chatter about Indian cricket from fellow passengers. Occasionally, I even apprehend a fist-fight emerging out of those passionate acrimonious exchanges. Last night, one young man was exceedingly agitated about India being knocked out of the tri-series in the Zimbabwe tour. He looked like an inflammatory can of petrol. I prudently enough allowed … [Read more...]
The First Indian National Congress
June 14, 2010 By 5 Comments
Here's a rare picture of the delegates at the first meeting of the Indian National Congress in Bombay, 1885. … [Read more...]
Congress@125: With Sonia the party’s just begun!
June 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As the Congress celebrates its 125th year, HamaraCongress takes you down memory lane to reconnect with the struggles ,sacrifices and successes of the party. In this context, here’s a piece written by Amulya Ganguli commending the remarkable role played by Sonia Gandhi in the party’s comeback in the early years of the 21st century. As the Indian National Congress steps into its 125th year, Amulya Ganguli says that Sonia Gandhi has played a remarkable role first in the party's comeback and … [Read more...]
A chunk of change
June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
(As Published in India Today on Saturday, May 22nd 2010) By Rajeev Gowda Kapil Sibal is clearly a man on a mission. He aims to rid Indian higher education of its ills, while drawing more students into its net. He has unleashed a quartet of education reform bills in Parliament, with one more in the works. Without better salaries and academic freedom, we can hardly expect to create the large numbers of high quality academics that we need to transform Indian higher … [Read more...]
