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…
Shazia Ilmi versus Sonia Gandhi
Shazia Ilmi is a familiar face on TV. She needs no introduction. She lost Delhi election by 324 or 326 votes. She said she lost by 324 votes. One report said she lost by 326 votes. If she is in the fray it will not be cakewalk for Sonia Gandhi. During UP elections in 2012 Congress candidates had done badly in Amethi and Rae Bareli, seven of ten candidates lost, despite propaganda by Priyanka Gandhi. Till then there was a clamour that Priyanka Gandhi should take a leading role in Congress. The defeat put paid to that.
Supreme Court on IPC 377
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Indian Penal Code Section 377 and has set aside Delhi High Court judgment of July 2009. Law must be changed by legislatures, not by courts. IPC 377 makes sex against order of nature with man, woman, or beast a crime. Delhi High Court had held what consenting adults…
AAP debut
AAP made a good debut in Delhi. The party was announced on 2/10/2012, birthday of Mohandas Gandhi. It was formed on 26/11/2012 at Constitution Club, on the anniversary of adoption of India’s Constitution on 26/11/1949. In Delhi’s Legislative Assembly elections the party won 28 out of 70 seats and came second. It proved cynics wrong….