FINDING GANDHI ( In 2011 India momentarily forgot the Father of the Nation. As Anna Hazare fumbled, floundered and failed, it was evident that it is a mammoth task to be a Gandhian; forget being the modern Mahatma Gandhi ). By Sanjay Jha I was at my dapper debonair best, albeit behind that deceptive façade, a bag of awful nerves. A multinational bank head honcho poured a penetrative look into my curriculum vitae. I expected a hard-hitting complex interview, and was adequately … [Read more...]

INDIA: THE COUNTDOWN IS ON ! By Sanjay Jha Also on TEHEKHA FW www.HamaraCongress.com I truly admire people who are thick-skinned; nothing affects them, they are almost impervious to core human sensibilities. They are contemptuous about their environment , are essentially immune to reasoned arguments , operate in their own gigantic bubble and have scant respect for a larger cause, albeit that’s what they profess defines their existence. The word empathy is conspicuous by it’s … [Read more...]

THE MISSING MASTERS ( India ends Y 2011 with breathless anticipation about it’s future. This should be our season of hope). By Sanjay Jha Three things sell like hot cakes in India; sex, Shah Rukh Khan and fear. The recent virulent propaganda against FDI in retail is symptomatic over our still xenophobic ways, appropriately craftily exploited by wily politicians. Do you really see the young spiked gelled hair Salman Khan clone sitting in the loss-making kirana store in … [Read more...]