Archives for “Elections 2009”

Somebody Rescue Yogi Sikand

By admitting him into an insane asylum. Yeah, he's not (my mistake, confusing him for the original, Yoginder Yadav) the same statistical evil genius that ...


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 ...


Taste of the Turd

This is really a welcome move by the BJP, something they should've done many years ago. The reason for media's ruthless, unfair and incessant criticism ...


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 ...


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. ...


With highly-probable portends of an early election visible on the horizon, I've created a new category called Elections 2009. Beginning with this post, I plan to ...