For decades MPs have disrupted Parliament. Anarchy in Parliament is a regular feature. Sessions get washed out. Presiding officers i.e., Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Rajya Sabha have failed in their duties. MPs who should be suspended are allowed to disrupt houses. Sometimes foreign delegates are present to witness how Indian Parliament functions…
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House for Zohra Sehgal
The Indian Express on 10/2/2014 reported — The government does not have a house for Zohra Sehgal. Headlines Today reported her case and asked “Is this how we treat our legends?” As per reports Zohra Sehgal is 101 years old, lives in a second floor house with her daughter Kiran. As per Kiran “She can…
Let Telangana be
When Arvind Kejriwal sat on a dharna some Congress members said he was creating anarchy. What they have to say about chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, tourism minister of India Chiranjeevi, HRD minister of India Pallam Raju, and many ministers and MPs sitting on dharna in Delhi? What about disruption caused…
Narendra Modi and Adolf Hitler
Those who compare Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler are unfair to Hitler for two reasons. First, Hitler was a friend of India. He helped Subhash Chandra Bose to fight against the British. Second, Hitler was a very capable man and a great leader. He died at 56. Modi is 63. If Modi had been half…
AAP under attack
AAP is under attack from different sides for different reasons. Some of it is political. Rival parties attack each other. Some attacks are for things that happened before the formation of AAP. Kumar Vishwas is attacked for videos of his jokes and statements he made long before he joined the fight against corruption. One was…
Saifai controversy
Saifai Festival is a regular event since some years. It is about two weeks. It begins at the end of December and extends into January. There is entertainment and film stars perform. This time some questioned the holding of festival since Muzaffarnagar riot victims were suffering. Many were living in tents. Children had died due…
Rise of AAP
AAP has risen in recent weeks. Winning 28 seats out of 70 in Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, forming the government and winning vote of confidence has attracted many people to become members of AAP. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, and other people have joined AAP. Alka Lamba was in Congress. Teena Sharma was in BJP at one…
Manifesto 2014
Lok Sabha elections are due to take place in April-May. Parties will come out with their manifestos. I want the manifestos to have the following points. 1) Rupee will be strong. It will equal American dollar in 70 days, euro in 90 days, British pound in 105 days, Kuwaiti Dinar in 240 days, and after…
Elizabeth II and fur coat
Some people have criticized Elizabeth II for wearing a fur coat on Christmas Day which she had worn many times before, first time publicly in 1961 when she visited India. They are fanatics and intolerant. They have no respect for rights of other peoples. Andrew Tyler of Animal Aid Charity said “The Queen should not…
Devyani Khobragade case
The arrest and subsequent treatment Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general in New York, has strained India-USA relationship. She was arrested for visa fraud. She had hired a maid but had not paid salary as per American law. She was handcuffed, put in a cell with drug addicts and other criminals. She was released on a…