By Vijay Darda | 28-10-2013 One can sense an air of a frustrated annoyance in the election speeches of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. He has always been aggressive and contemptuous of the Gandhi family. He deploys a mocking tone, and is loved by his loyalists for it. But now he has been moved to refer to the
By Vijay Darda | 21-10-2013 By popular corporate perception, India embraced the market mantra in 1991 when it opted for the reforms route. An idea was then sold that we should kiss good bye to all socialistic spending as growth would lead to a trickle-down effect and tackle all the economic problems including poverty. So, the organised voices in
By Vijay Darda | 15-10-2013 We all know that in India cricket is a religion. The fan following for this game cuts across all barriers and unites us with the same must win spirit that binds devotees of a religion. For 24 years one man Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has been the presiding deity of this religion. He has been
By Vijay Darda | 13-10-2013 It is a truth universally acknowledged that no society, state or country in this world can advance on the path of development without the freedom of expression. Since the individual’s expression lacks the strength of collectivity, it is the media that gives voice to the thought of common people which is what we call
By Vijay Darda | 07-10-2013 Right from the time, the Congress Working Committee resolved that a separate state of Telangana would be carved out from the unified Andhra Pradesh, the people of Seemandhra have been restless. They have been raising a cry that they would not allow the bifurcation of the state. I appreciate their zeal, but then I
By Vijay Darda | 30-09-2013 There were two landmark events last week. First the Supreme Court allowed the right to reject for voters, and then the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi rejected the ordinance that seeks to protect tainted netas. The best part of these two unrelated events was that after a long time it appeared that the apex court
By Vijay Darda | 23-09-2013 Not long ago, the image of India in the West was that it is a country of elephants and snake charmers. No doubt it was true that elephants did walk and still walk on the Indian streets, as did the snake charmers enthral people and still continue to do so with their skills. But
By Vijay Darda | 16-09-2013 One can easily comprehend the sense of self-congratulation that prevails in the RSS-BJP after they have nominated the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as their prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections. Ever since Modi was appointed the chairman of the party’s national campaign committee in Goa, this decision was on the cards.
By Vijay Darda | 09-09-2013 The welcome Judicial Appointments Commission Bill It has become fashionable to criticise the parliamentarians for merely politicking, and ignoring their more serious responsibilities of law making. But I am glad to report that in the just concluded Monsoon Session, a lot of path breaking legislative work was done. The Food Security Bill, the Land
By Vijay Darda | 02-09-2013 There was the usual critical response from the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, after prime minister Manmohan Singh made his statement on the falling rupee. Nothing surprising about the opposition going full throttle against the prime minister, it is their job. But in the din, some key messages were lost. The most important being
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