Politics

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is a man with a mission. His latest dream is to give Delhiwalllahs a clean, corruption free world class city. Let's wait and watch..

In 2012, Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Akash, hit the headlines for seemingly slapping a traffic policeman. Policemen are now literally running for cover - getting assaulted and heckled by "those in power" and even commoners in Bengal.

Narendra Modi has transformed the day-to-day functioning of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the last one year. As compared to the western work philosophy "If it is not broken, don't fix it", Modi ethos for good governance is "Do it better and improve it, even if it isn't broken".

Modi has emerged as a politician who could facilitate the international investors entry into the market with super wealthy middle-class hungry for white goods. He is seen as a man who can open the womb of Indian economy for money purses. No wonder the Time cover headline says ‘Modi Matters.

When it comes to electoral strategy the BJP is a house divided. The party still cannot make up its mind as to what makes it acceptable to the masses -- the Hindutva agenda or economic reforms...

As many as 12 million youth -- straight from schools and universities-- plunge into the job market each year-- lacking the basic skills. The problem is that they were not imparting the skills during the early school years but expected to have them after school. It is almost like taking a spade to dig well only when thirst aggravates.

Haryana Agriculture Minister O.P. Dhankar told media here that the state government could not support farmers who were committing suicide. He said that the farmers who were committing suicide were running away from their responsibilities and leaving their families and children with liabilities.

President Barack Obama wrote a special article for Times praising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sky high. Obama described him as a par excellence political character. No American statesman has ever before showered such praises on any Indian leader.

Of late several fundamentalist and radical groups have sprung up causing religious/ethnic polarisation, socioeconomic unrest and new security concerns. This is a new phenomenon that poses a silent long term threat to India’s integrity, unity and peace and progress.

Every year 27th March is observed as Black day or the anniversary of Pakistan's great betrayal in Balochistan. On this day, Pakistan parliament and leaders invited the Prince of Balochistan for talks. To assured him, they swore by the Quran that he would not be arrested but then went back on their words.

Nehru-Gandhi watchers claim that this, not the first time that Rahul has gone after a tiff with his mother. Rahul is said to have inherited this tendency from his great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru who too was known for his obstinacy and short temper.

Is it going to be the beginning of bad times for PM Narender Modi? The thinking in the BJP and RSS is that Modi is enjoying too much power than required. A powerful lobby wants to show him his place.