Ending terrorizing ourselves
Friedman has a beautiful piece on America's priorities and the precariousness of the national psyche. In his OP-ED in times, Friedman talks about "my president, whose agenda can be derailed [...]
January 2010
December 2009
Telangana,Self-respect, and Identity
Lets go back to 1982, to the political vacuum of Telugu’s land. To Begumpet Airport. T. Anjaiah, the Chief Minister of Andhra, yet another Congress chief minister installed through the [...]
November 2009
Why The Hindu?
In the cess pool that is Indian mainstream media, yet another reason why The Hindu stands out. Friday Review November Fest 2009 In response to the sentiments expressed by our [...]
October 2009
Discover India Essay: “One Billion and Counting”
This essay of mine won the Discover India Essay prize at University of Michigan. The event was the first India Business Conference at Michigan. The Essay won me a certificate [...]
King Thackeray and Dhara Patil
It can't get better - My Man is going to wrestle My Useless Man. It seems Raj Thackeray said "he would beat Patil with shoes for neglecting his constituency". And [...]
Moore’s Capitalism – A Love Story
“Capitalism – A Love story”, digs a little deeper into the ground water of history, to be precise the Reagan presidency and the Greenspan years,to explain the structural flaws that [...]
Obama Nobel
One can be too cynical about the Bambi Nobel, but if there is one person who has changed the "mood" of the world in such a short period of time, [...]
March 2009
Elections 2009: Saffron Gandhi and the Acharubishop
"If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone [...]
July 2008
Manmohan’s methods
When Manmohan Singh moves the one-line confidence motion on July 21st, the Indian Parliament will be finally voting for the Nuclear Deal, thanks to the Left parties. But after disregarding [...]
Eventhough that time has come
Dear Shri Pranab Mukherjee, ....that time has come - Signed: Prakash Karat, A B Bardhan, Debabrata Biswas, T J Chandrachoodan - and a few of us sighed and others, Good [...]
February 2008
CPIM – Marching from Kottayam
Chief Minsiter V S Achuthanandan has expressed his desire to step down as CM to the central leadership. The speculation around why VS cleared his files before the Kottayam conference [...]
July 2007
Our Lady in Raisina Hill
OUR Lady is in Raisina Hill. History was made today when Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the country's first woman President, who favoured socially inclusive economic growth and unity [...]