Category: India

Don’t trouble trouble unless trouble troubles you. ISIS is no danger to India.  Joining USA’s Coalition of the willing in fight against ISIS is of no benefit to India. It can damage India. First of all there are Indian hostages in ISIS territory.  If India joins the fight ISIS can behead Indians one by one. …

On 25/9/2014 BJP ended its 25-year old alliance with Shiv Sena.  BJP was not satisfied with Shiv Sena’s offer of seats for Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election on 15/10/2014.  The day also saw Narendra Modi’s departure for USA to address UN General Assembly, gathering at Madison Square Garden, meet Barack Obama and corporates.  It also saw…

Modi government came to power on 26/5/2014.  After that it has been downhill for BJP in by-elections. In Uttarakhand there were by-elections for three Legislative Assembly seats.  Two of these were due to BJP MLAs resigning after winning Lok Sabha elections.  BJP lost all three. In Bihar there were by-elections for ten Legislative Assembly seats. …

The government headed by Narendra Modi came to power on 26/5/2014.  From 26/5/2014 to 2/9/2014 it is 100 days, both days included: 6 days in May, 30 days in June, 31 days in July, 31 days in August, and 2 days in September.  When 90 days got over CNBC TV18 and CNN-IBN talked of 100…

There are reports of Narendra Modi dealing with his ministers in a way different from his predecessors.   They make a good reading or viewing. Modi wants punctuality.  He wants ministers to be present at office at 9 a.m.  He wants ministers to enforce punctuality on staff members.  We know Prakash Javadekar and Venkaiah Naidu had…

India’s public sector banks belong to the people of India.  The banks have been robbed by corporates who borrow crores of rupees and default. On 20/7/2014 Vishwas Utagi, Vice President, All India Bank Employees Association, released a list of defaulters and amounts.   Rs. in crores Bad debts restructured and shown as good debts 325000…

The more things change the more they remain the same. NDA replaced UPA as ruling coalition in House of Peoples i.e., Lok Sabha.  BJP replaced Congress.  Narendra Modi replaced Manmohan Singh.  However the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 10/7/2014 was not much different from UPA budgets. BJP had a chance to undo…

There are people who speak against electricity, water, fertilizer, diesel, kerosene, petrol and LPG subsidies. Some even say diesel and LPG subsidies benefit middle class and not poor people. They do not speak against corporate debt restructuring (CDR) and exchange rate manipulation to keep rupee value low. Lakhs of crores of rupees are lost due…

It is civil war in Iraq. ISIS is in war with Iraq’s government headed by Nuri Al-Maliki. ISIS captured Mosul on 10/6/2014. The world noticed. Soon ISIS captured Tikrit. There are Indians in Iraq. Nurses don’t want to come back. They have taken education loan and loan for visa. In Mosul 40 construction workers did…

Government decision to hike railway fare has hit many people hard. It is immaterial it was hidden in interim budget of UPA government. Now BJP is in power. Railways Minister Sadananda Gowda said “I am merely implementing the decision taken by the previous government.” There was a circular on fare hike on 16/5/2014 which was…