The Desire for Downward Gradation

On May 23, the hellish rioting began in Rajasthan, which in a week’s time grew like a demon and spread across Kota, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Bikaner divisions of the state, the main centers being Kishangarh, Bhiwadi, Kotputali, Bundi, Jhalawar, Kota, Sikandra and Bharatpur…

The Naxalite Movement: Some Perspectives

The aim of the Naxalites is to establish a communist state in India by the capture of political power through armed struggle. They are for the establishment of a ‘people’s government’ and label the democracy currently existing in the country as ‘semi-colonial’ and ‘semi-feudal’, with the ruling classes dominated by neo-imperialists…

But Why Not the Youth?

Though we have few young politicians, they have not been allowed to stretch their wings. The politicians need to open up and promote the young generation in the mainstream politics. Tony Blair retires at 58 while in our country the chief posts are mostly occupied…

Monarchy Bites the Dust

Interim Constitution, interim head of state and an interim Government. Political feelings run high in Nepal as the impoverished nation witnesses a number of historical firsts (democratic elections, a sovereign democratic republic, a federal structure and end of its 240-year-old monarchy)…

The Dream Ticket?

Awkward. That is what first comes to mind when one thinks of Barack Obama contesting the Presidential elections with Hillary Clinton as his Vice Presidential candidate. And why wouldn’t we feel awkward? For the past few months, they tried to prove to the Democrat delegates that the other was not competent enough to be President…

Feeding Politics to the Hungry

The fact that participation in the UN Summit appears jinxed did nothing to dither the media from washing the Summit’s dirty linen in public, which is the only unmistakable thing that it did in the course of covering the Summit at Rome. The Summit was ruefully deprived of…

The Daggers are Drawn

Daggers will be drawn between John Mc Cain and Barrack Obama. The “contrasts’ in matters of age and race will be vieing for the premier office in the backdrop of a flimsy economy, an on-going Iraq war and other issues of social enlistment…

Obama Brings Change

In past eight months, change has grasped America. And the man who has brought it to them, is a son of a Kenyan immigrant, a graduate of Harvard law school and his name is Barack Hussein Obama…

An Appeal to the Government

Politicians need to put their differences aside when it comes to matters of public interest. The BJP termed the price hike as ‘economic terrorism‘ whereas the Left called it ‘political suicide’, yet more than 63 per cent of respondents to a survey conducted…

Politcs of Reverse Discrimination

No political party has the courage to support the ‘right’ today. Caste politics is an arena where you cannot dare or are not allowed to say anything about the other caste, even if you are right. The reservations and the politics that is being played…

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