Adieu Feroz Khan

This month was really cruel and sad for Hindi film industry. First we lost legendary film maker Shakti Samanta and now we lost Feroz Khan too. When Shakti da died I didn’t write anything as he was not known to me personally, though I used to like his films immensely. His grandson Aditya Samanta was [...]

Sri Lanka:Fall of L.T.T.E. & Rise of Eilam

Yesterday I wrote about the unfolding scenario in Sri Lanka. Since the third phase of election is still 4 days ahead, I am taking this opportunity to post another blog about Sri Lanka. The demise of Velupillai Prabhakaran is imminent with no redemption in sight. His control over the Tamil dominated northern and eastern part of Sri [...]

Sri Lanka:Tamil Tigers & Tamil People

It’s election time in India and I did not want to comment on anything else. But events of  Sri Lanka forced me to deviate and hence I am posting my blog about the unfolding scene in Sri Lanka and sufferings of our Tamil brethren there. I admit it is a complex issue and Indian public [...]

India’s black money in Switzerland’s white heaven

This election is turning very interesting by each passing day. BJP’s P.M. in waiting, Advani ji raised the issue of India’s black money, which is  stashed away in the Swiss accounts. And it is not a paltry sum. It is any thing between Rs. 25 lakh crores to Rs. 70 lakh crores. He said that [...]

“Indira is India” : The Syndrome Survives

I don’t know how many people still remember the slogan,”Indira is India and India is Indira”.  The then Congress president Mr. Deb Kant Barua coined this slogan during emergency. Those were the dark days when the fundamental rights of the people were suspended. Freedom of speech, independence of judiciary and  rights of press were curtailed. All the important leaders [...]

In Kashmir : A lonely person called “Lone”

Last year Kashmir created history. In assembly elections, despite boycott calls by the seperatist Hurriyat Conference, people of Kashmir came out and voted in record numbers, 68% precisely. Stunned Hurriyat Conference refused to accept it’s defeat and termed the large voting as people’s wish for good governance and some local issues like bijli, sadak,pani. They claimed [...]

Quo Vadis Mulayam ?

Once upon a time there used to be a party in India, Socialist Party. I used to watch them since my childhood. I always wondered about their thoughts and actions. They couldn’t live togather for long and they couldn’t live without one another for long. So, since the days of Late Ram Manohar Lohia, they formed myriads of factions of [...]

L. K. Advani’s Jinna controversy….nothing controversial about it

I heard about this issue few years back, when Advaniji was visiting Pakistan and in Karachi, went to pay obeisance to the founder of  Pakistan Qaed -E-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinna. There he described Jinna as true secular leader and the hell broke loose. I  read in papers all kind of comments, by all kind of people. Every one has some suggestions [...]

A tale of two riots : Delhi & Gujrat

Few days back, I was watching a very interesting debate on NDTV24/7. Anchored by suave, eloquent and elegant Dr. Pronoy Roy, it had Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni from BJP and Mr. Kapil Sibal from Congress. During election campaign, that to as crucial as this one for the 15th Lok Sabha, you have to hear leaders of [...]

L.K.Advani v/s Babalog

This election for the 15th Lok Sabha is unique in many ways. It unfolds very interesting scenario. One side is represented by Shri L. K. Advani, 82 year old leader of BJP. The other side is represented, as claimed by The Congress, by younger lot. As per their theory, it is important that this country [...]