Last week I watched two different news stories. First was about the election promises in Tamilnadu election on CNN-IBN and second was an NDTV story on children dying of hunger in Maharashtra.Tamilnadu's electoral scenario revolves around the promises of freebies being doled out. So if we have one party offering rice at Rs. 2/kg then the other is ready with rice (why don't they offer any other grain?)...
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Congress and BJP vs Bhagwati Patidar and Aamir Khan
Finally Congress and BJP have got something common to burn effigies of. And it’s none other than film actor Aamir Khan! He has become the target of violent protests (Congress workers stopped screening of ‘Rang De Basanti’ in Vadodara, Gujrat) because he visited the protest site of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists in Delhi.But for once, forget these political activists. I was reading comments...
Written 3:27 AM by Waterfox
No commentsDemanding right to live
We all are aware of the plight of Kashmiri Pundits. The natives of Jammu and Kashmir who were displaced due to terrorism in the valley in 1990s and then got nothing from any government except false promises and assurances. They lost their homes, their property and their land. They lost everything.And the history is set to repeat itself. Not in Jammu and Kashmir but in the western part of country where...
Written 2:57 AM by Waterfox
No commentsThursday, April 06, 2006
Country / politics=0
Flashback to 1990s: Mandal Commission recommends reservations in jobs. Despite wide-spread anger and protests, V.P. Singh government passes the bill and India changes for ever.Now back to 2006: Manmohan Singh government increases the reservation in educational institutes to 50% and introduces reservations in private sector jobs. India is nomore left to be changed!The worst thing in this issue is that...
Written 9:44 PM by Waterfox
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