Archives for “Election 2004”

UPA’s Report Card

Is it too early to give a report card on the performance of the UPA non-government for its entire term? I'm not talking about the ...


Will He Stick to His Words

Stung bitterly, Prakash Karat has thundered that he will not support the Congress ever. Prakash Karat has discounted the possibility of the CPM supporting the Congress ...


Maut ka Saudagar?

Elections in India is fun time because you can mudsling at will and get away with it. That was the case when the Italian bosswoman ...


My Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh, I don't care if you read much less respond to this. You are after all, another inconsequential pawn who might be ...


Rajdeep Turdesai tries his hand at damage control-by-diversion. His need is urgent for it comes in the wake of widespread suspicions about the intent of ...


The King Stripped Naked

The UPA's trust vote victory has once again proved why it pays to be cynical. I firmly go by this diktat in watching Indian politics: ...


Nuclear Numbers

The Nuclear non-deal is quickly making the UPA (or whatever is left of it) a nuclear family. The N-deal might well be the costliest blunder ...


Media Games

Forget politics. Media watching promises to be a jolly activity. Rajdeep Sardesai's fiery journalism leads the charade. CNN-IBN seems to change colours almost every other ...


When I wrote about the run-up to the polls, I had no idea it'd be this close. This Pioneer edit puts it well and powerfully. ...


Recalling a Train Journey

About three years ago, Dilip D'Souza concluded that liberalization had done little to improve India's economy. I had pointed out that his conclusion was ...


In the Name of the Aam Aadmi

Or how the Congress Party Screwed the Aam Aadmi Cut to 2004 when an euphoric Congress party declared its victory over the dark forces of communalism, ...


Ashis Nandy’s New Role

Rediff describes Ashis Nandy--who has been suitably psychoanalyzed on this blog earlier--in glowing adjectives: thinker, political analyst, but above all, he is India's most famous ...


The latest update on the Sethusamudram project depends on how you look at it. The Congress has all but decided to put the skids on the ...


Supercop’s Christian Truth

Getting stuck in Bangalore’s interminable traffic jams has its uses as I discovered over the weekend. I didn’t take my camera or I’d have attached ...


This post is courtesy an inspiration I got from this superb list of (deservedly) loathsome public figures in the US (thanks, Atanu). I don't have time ...


Fair. Free. Fearless.

It's cakewalk to recognize this man--he is in the news now. Actually, he has made news. And his paper proudly recounts how it resurrected itself after ...


Prakash Karat has finally admitted that China is the Fatherland. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United ...


Passage to India

Running a coalition government is thorny. With fragile vote tallies, allies need to be continually placated. In the Indian context, an irony that doesn't escape ...


Can't recall when I last wrote about Karnataka politics. Now is a good time because the portents appear promising.


Another Bark

Apart from for their somersaults, our Left comrades are known to bark. I can only hope this stunt statement from Prakash "24" Karat is for ...


All the President’s Men

The inevitable has happened. President-elect Pratibha Patil described her win as the ‘victory of the principles’ which the people of the country uphold. We get what we ...


Says Tavleen Singh in this amazing column. Read it fully. Good she discovered Rajiv Malhotra but sad she discovered him this late. And eminently surprising that Indian ...


Just Say No

Others saying no: The Acorn | Offstumped | Barbar Indian | Atanu | Amit Varma |


More Malleable Than Gold

Pratibha Patil (huh? etc) might finally deck the President's office. The Congress party's propaganda papers media's fervent efforts to pitch her as the next big ...


Stubbornly Blind on China

UPA Inc is hellbent on continuing Nehru's shameful Chinese legacy. Despite worrying news about Chinese adventures in Arunachal Pradesh, our venerable Mukherjee insists on pretending ...