Politics in India has never been the profession of the young. In a society where experience is confused for ability and age for wisdom, it's been common for parties to make their brightest minds wait.
You ask any Pakistani and he will tell you heroic stories of the work done by NGOs, and even individuals, but equally, you will hear stories of official ineptitude and insensitivity.
The voter in Bihar defines for all of us a welcome new notion of empowerment in India's political heartland — social equality with religious tolerance, security & economic upliftment.
If Laloo Prasad Yadav loses in Bihar, Congress has to absorb the setback. Even if he doesn't, the party, and most of all the govt at the Centre will be dragged into another round of manipulation.
With decline in Centre's powers & rise in state's bargaining powers, people now see their CM as the main reason they vote for one party — there is more to this power than protocol.
Those who suffered in those 72 hours of hell during anti-Sikh riots are still awaiting justice. Those who were responsible for it have still escaped the supposed long arm of justice.
Given the complexities of regional relationships, the issue of India-Pakistan-Iran pipeline needs to be dealt with flexibility, pragmatism as well as hard-headedness.
Our nuclear power plants are inefficient, super-expensive and are behind targets on most parameters. The excuse, always, is sanctions and denial of technology. That must end now.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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