Mysorean

On March 31st, 2007, the same Government (?) converted another Bandh announcement in the past to a public holiday. It was just a matter of conversion from ‘Bandh’ to ‘Public Holiday’. Nothing else mattered. I mean constitution had to be upheld, the common man’s life was the last thing on their minds.
And today they […]

It was the year 1996. Hyderabad was the city. The then CM Chandrababu Naidu was on a Hyderabad beautification spree. One of the main items on his agenda was road widening. Too many encroachments and the roads had become too narrow for the growing volume of traffic. If he wanted investment to come into Hyderabad […]

Sometimes when people come to me and say, “What’s the use of living in India? There is never any development and nothing works as per plan. And these politicians are always interested in themselves and not bothered about the country! What’s the whole point?”. I argue against them always! But not when such things happen. […]

An article on the first page of The Hindu:   

Government declares Bandh public holiday 
CHENNAI: The Government has declared March 31 a public holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act for all State Government offices, public undertakings including the State Transport Corporations and industrial establishments.

Buses and trains will not run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. All buses […]

The Hindu has a story today on the transformation of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Completely agree with the story! Click here to know my thoughts on the speech.
A transformed Manmohan
Harish Khare
Controlled aggression, a game plan and application of technique At the outset he positioned himself in the Mahatma corner, quoting Gandhi’s abiding injunction to wipe […]

Our Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gave his reply to the queries raised by the opposition and the Left on the nuclear deal with the US in the Rajya Sabha. It was not a reply, it was more of a speech. The speech had all the ingredients that a seasoned political speech writer would […]

DMK wins. AIADMK loses. People do rallies on Gemini Flyover. Dance and sing. It’s red and black all over chennai. The two leaves have gone.
So, now you can expect Colour TV’s and Set-Top-Boxes into the houses of people in Tamil Nadu. With DMK taking over, rowdyism is expected to grow. But not at the cost […]

The Hindu has an article on the acquittal of Geelani.
Giving Mr. Geelani the benefit of the doubt, a Bench consisting of Justice P. Venkatarama Reddi and Justice P.P. Naolekar said his conduct at the time of the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001 was disturbing and created a serious suspicion about his role as […]