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And Abdullah and Gowda and Patnaik and Pawar

Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph, Calcutta: “Jawaharlal Nehru did not hope or desire that his daughter should succeed him as prime minister — a fact that is not as widely known as it should be.… more →

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Delhi High Court Legalises Gay Sex — 1 comment

selvarajasomiah wrote 2 weeks ago: In a pathbreaking judgement, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting ad … more →

Tags: Delhi High Court, Gay sex, Homosexuality, lesbian gay bisexual transgender, gay right activist, Indian Constitutional Law, Indian Penal Code

How bad or good is Family, Dynasty and Clan Politics for Indian Democracy?

Deepak Singh wrote 1 month ago: Family, clan, dynasty, inheritance. There are just too many words doing the rounds about news on Ind … more →

Tags: media, Politics, agatha sangama, Azhagiri, caste politics, clan politics, democracy, dynasty, dynasty politics

The majesty of Indian government taking oath of office

Pavan Gupta wrote 1 month ago: Indians should be proud of their democracy and the majesty of its traditions. Last Friday, May 22, 2 … more →

Tags: Indian Politics, Prime Minister of India, Indian government, Congress Party, Dr Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance, UPA, Members of Parliament, PRESIDENT of INDIA

Parliament's sovereignty has been diminished by the Executive: A record for future generations to know

drsubrotoroy wrote 1 month ago: Sad to say, Parliament’s sovereignty has been diminished, indeed usurped, by the new Executive … more →

Tags: 15th Lok Sabha, anarchy and governance, Asia and the West, Common Law and Equity, Comparative Government, Congress Party, Constitutional law, constitutional monarchy, constitutional politics

Shouldn’t Dr Singh’s Cabinet begin with a small apology to the President of India for discourtesy? May we have reviews and reforms of protocols and practices to be followed at Rashtrapati Bhavan and elsewhere?

drsubrotoroy wrote 1 month ago: The Hon’ble President of India has invited you to join the Council of Ministers and has invited you … more →

Tags: 15th Lok Sabha, Diplomacy, India's protocols, India's Constitution, India's Democracy, India's Parliament, India's Presidency, Manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi

Memo to the Hon'ble President of India: It is Sonia Gandhi, not Manmohan Singh, who should be invited to our equivalent of the "Kissing Hands" Ceremony

drsubrotoroy wrote 2 months ago: H.E. The Hon’ble Shrimati Pratibha Patil President of India Your Excellency, As India is fortu … more →

Tags: India's Polity, Britain, Manmohan Singh, India's Jurisprudence, B.R. Ambedkar, Sonia Gandhi, Congress Party, India's Philosophy, India's Parliament

Truth and reconciliation in Ayodhya - By Iqbal A. Ansari - The Indian Express — 1 comment

ghulammuhammed wrote 2 months ago: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/truth-and-reconciliation-in-ayodhya/458255/ Wed, 13 May 2009 Tr … more →

Tags: L K Advani, Samajwadi Party, Kalyan Singh, Babri Masjid demilition, Sardar Patel, G. B. Pant, Ramjanambhoomi Temple, Liberahan Commission

Well done Sonia-Rahul! Two hours before polls close today, I am willing to predict a big victory for you (but, please, try to get your economics right, and also, you must get Dr Singh a Lok Sabha seat if he is to be PM)

drsubrotoroy wrote 2 months ago: It is now coming up to be 3 pm Indian Standard Time on May 13, the last day of India’s 2009 Ge … more →

Tags: India's Polity, Rajiv Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Sonia Gandhi, BJP, Congress Party, India's Parliament, Politics, Political Economy

And Abdullah and Gowda and Patnaik and Pawar — 9 comments

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph, Calcutta: “Jawaharlal Nehru did not hope or desire that his … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Literati, 2009 Elections, am Guha, Bal Thackeray, churumuri, general elections 2009, Indira Gandhi, M Karunanidhi

Ramachandra Guha on The slow decline of Indian National Congess Party, and the leadership role of Jawaharlal Nehru, K. Kamaraj, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Indira Gandhi

gkalyanaram wrote 2 months ago: Ramachandra Guha (in The Telegraph) has an interesting opinion piece on the slow descent of the Cong … more →

Tags: Society, global affairs, leadership, Asia, India, democracy, Public Policy, Congress Party, Ramachandra Guha

Degradation of Congress

pakistanpal wrote 2 months ago: Ramachandra Guha (INDIA) One of the forgotten heroes of Indian democracy is Kumaraswamy Kamaraj. Thi … more →

Tags: Politics, politicians, Sonia Gandhi, Congress, Indira Gandhi, Indian Elections, Indian democracy, Kumaraswamy Kamaraj, Lal Bahadur Shastri

ABN-Amro banker wins recognition as an independent candidate in Mumbai — 1 comment

John Elliott wrote 2 months ago: SOUTH MUMBAI: Meera Sanyal, the ABN-Amro banker who is standing as an independent general election c … more →

Tags: dynasty, India, India general election, India politicians, india politics, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, ABN Amro, Ashok Kapur

Muslim students at JNU being targeted by ABVP activists

pakistanpal wrote 2 months ago: By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a setback to the secular culture and history of … more →

Tags: ABVP activists, BJP, Congress, Hindutva group, JNU, muslim students, New Delhi, Rajashtan Congress, RSS

future of Congress party — 2 comments

noolo wrote 3 months ago: Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra realises “never” is a bad thing to say. No surprise there…a … more →

Tags: Manmohan Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Indian National Congress, Indian Politics, Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Indian Election

The evolution of India’s foreign policy - Part IV

Pavan Gupta wrote 3 months ago: Some of us who were born in 1940s did not feel the impact of India’s independence. We felt as … more →

Tags: Indian Politics, British Empire, Israel, Indira Gandhi, Janata Party, Morarji Desai, Janata Government, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Chaudhary Charan Singh

The evolution of India’s foreign policy - Part III

Pavan Gupta wrote 3 months ago: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defined India’s foreign policy like no other politician before he … more →

Tags: Indian Politics, Soviet Union, China, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Janata Party, Morarji Desai, State of Emergency, cuba

The evolution of India's foreign policy - Part II

Pavan Gupta wrote 3 months ago: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s departure brought significant changes in India’s foreign polic … more →

Tags: Indian Politics, Soviet Union, Pakistan, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, foreign minister, Congress Party President

INDIA (Part 1 of 4)

Stan wrote 3 months ago: WORDPLAY India region in S Asia, south of the Himalayas, including a large peninsula between the Ar … more →

Tags: ahmadabad, Akbar, Asoka, Aurangzeb, baber or babur, Bangalore, Bangladesh, Bombay, Buddhism

INDIA (Part 2 of 4)

Stan wrote 3 months ago: Language Linguistic differences are much clearer than those of racial groupings. Two linguistic grou … more →

Tags: Hinduism, Indian Literature, Mongol Empire, religious insight, India, Jainism, Mahatma Gandhi, Indus Valley Civilization, Madras


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