Wads of cash made a dramatic entry in the parliament last evening just before the voting on the civil nuclear cooperation (or the nuclear deal in common parlance) was to take place. The effect was electrifying. Discussions stopped. All eyes riveted on the scene enacted at the opposition bench as the members of the principal […]
Is their end near?
Would you believe Kolkata, sorry Calcutta, was once hailed as the most lively city east of Suez! Today that labeling would seem a cruel joke. The filth, the mess, the apathy, the dogma, the arrogance of the empowered, the mediocrity all around, the neglect of anything humane, the breaking of law with impunity, and perhaps […]
Islands of richness
The stock market crash is like rains. There is no respite no matter who you are, and irrespective of your wealth and social status. The similarity though ends here. The impact of loss – notional or real – is different for different people. So while the Ambani brothers can face some trillion rupees loss with […]
Inflation, nuclear deal, and elections
Inflation – 1995 and now! For the government the picture is bleak on all fronts – the relentless northward march of the inflation, the ugly stand-off with the left on the nuclear deal, and the inability to plunge for elections because of heavy odds stacked against it [Image above from TT]. The inflation is high […]
Khushwant speaks
Khushwant Singh is an opinion maker par excellence. You may disagree, decry or even reject outright what he says, but you cannot take away the charm and lucidity of his writings. It often wonders me that Khushwant Singh at 93 still has his mental faculties intact, and perfectly capable of sound reasoning. In that capacity […]
Politics of farce
Yesterday, as the ruling party cadres enforced bandh on the street, I stayed put at home, destined to watch occasional passers-by hurrying along, braving the heavy downpour. Later in the day when the rains stopped for a while, a small cacophony coming from outside caught my ears. I came to my 3rd floor balcony and […]
Petro price hike, and consequences
As if the fuel price hike is not enough, there are other blows to counter with as the day grew old in the afternoon. I happened to be at Presidency College around 3-30 to submit my son’s application for admission but I was late by minutes. I was told there would be no application submission […]
False sports mania
Last evening rain was lashing from the north as I wrote this post. It was past 8 in the evening, and despite the troubles that water from the sky always poses for the city, one was reasonably sure that people were heaving a collective sigh of relief from several days of grueling heat. For me […]
The hoax called hockey
[Image courtesy] 2 days in a row the city’s newspaper headlines belonged to sports news. Yesterday it was a national shame because for the first time in the living memory India will not participate in the Olympics hockey. The national shame quickly became just a lip service in 24 hours as today’s headlines screamed what […]
The tale of $15 billion largesse
India’s economic muscle was put on show on Feb 29 when the FM declared India’s largest ever loan waiver to the debt-ridden farmers. The $15 billion (or Rs.60,000 crore) one-time debt forgiveness program is one of the largest in the world. Indeed the FM and the UPA government will go down in the history of […]
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