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Politics-volitics
Hey fellas. Let's talk some Indian politics ( Read more... ) -
Poll time again!
Since the members of this community are good at getting predictions right (the one on election results) and some of us might still be in the voting mood, I thought we should do another poll, this time related to the consequences of the results.
Several people (analysts, exerts, editors...) have opined that the BJP needs an ideological shift to be ( Read more... ) -
On balance
Well it's ten days now since the "game changing" verdict was declared. In those initial days after the counting I found myself sharing some of the euphoria of news anchors and analysts about how this was a watershed moment in the country's democracy. But on calmer reflection I find that it is way to premature to uncork the champagne.
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A perfectly happy ending to Lok Sabha Elections 2009 (and the lessons)
Singh is King was a blockbuster Bollywood film of 2008. Very few ever dreamt it would haunt us, in a very welcoming way, in 2009 and that too post a general election.
Never has an Indian election been so bitter, so debased and deprived of real issues. Never was an election fought sans issues. Never was a general election in India witness to ( Read more... ) -
Coming Up Soon : Horse Trading in India
Farce of yet another democractic exercise is at its fag end. And soon there shall be a high pitch drama in the Parliament and outside wherein India's top-most politicians will auction themselves in public view. All world leaders are invited to watch and know what Indian democracy really is and why it not be called DEMONCRACY. How peole of India ( Read more... ) -
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Predictions and Opinion Polls for the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections in India
The month long general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha start from April 16, and there is wide speculation on which party, or coalition, will emerge the winner, when the results are announced on May 16th.
Here is a quick roundup of the pre-election predictions and the discussion around them in the Indian blogosphere. I'll update the post as new ( Read more... ) -
WHEN THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT…
Much has been said and written about the shoe that was thrown by a Sikh journalist at P Chidambaram, India’s Home Minister when he refused to address the concerns raised about the Congress Party nominating Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Delhi: where in 1984, these two gents were alleged to have ( Read more... ) -
And now the ideological meltdown...
The Indian election scenario has always been predictable. And despite the any changes that one sees with regard to the rise and rise of regional parties, some of the fundamentals never seem to change. There has been enormous brouhaha over the manner in which some candidates have been handing out cash in blatant violation of the election conduct ( Read more... )
