After a day of brainstorming and feedback from ‘intellectuals’ of Kerala, the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (Council for Sree Narayana Philosophy) said its planned new political party will not be a ‘Hindu Party’. “When we say, from Nayadi (hunter) to Namputhiri (Brahmin), we do not mean that it will be a Hindu only party. […]
Taslima Nasreen, who was forced to leave Bangladesh after religious fundamentalists there objected to her writings, has accused ‘pseudo secular’ liberals in her host country India of being complacent about the threat of Islamist fundamentalist in India. “ISIS has planned to take over India by 2020. Pseudo-secular Indians might say, Atithi Devo Bhava,” Nasreen tweeted […]
A survey by Kerala’s biggest broadcasting group, Asianet in association with agency C fore, has predicted rising influence for the Bharatiya Janata Party among young voters in Kerala and predicted that the party will send its first ever representatives to the Kerala Assembly in 2016. UPDATE: Asianet has published a new survey as well. The […]
Moody’s Analytics, a division of global ratings firm Moody’s, has warned that the current government at the center needs to start delivering on its reform promises as business confidence is starting to dip. The firm also warned that meddling in Reserve Bank of India’s powers to manage interest rates could have a bearing on India’s […]
A photo of IPS officer Rishiraj Singh sitting while all his colleagues stand up and salute Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has gone viral on social media with many Malayalis supporting the defiant act of the IPS officer from Rajasthan. The Kerala government, led by the Congress Party, has been grappling with the question of […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at your fingertip now. You can email him, send him a text and expect a reply from him also if possible. You have to be just the owner of a smartphone which can download “Narendra Modi App”. This new App is one more attempt by Modi to reach out […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly seems to be Manmohnized. His hyper active twitter handle has gone silent on the hottest controversy of the day and he has practically disappeared from the reach of camera, which he loves so much. His cabinet ministers are holding brief for him when the people want to know his “mann […]
Rajnath Singh will address the media today in the second half of the day, and is expected to clarify the government of India’s stand on the controversy surrounding external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. UPDATE: The two leaders defended Swaraj in the press conference. “What she did was bonafide,” said Arun Jaitley, who is also the […]
While political pundits have been busy speculating whether or not Narendra Modi is responsible for the current Lalit Modi-related troubles faced by Sushma Swaraj, main opposition party Congress is busy trying to ensure that Modi does not reap any benefits from the weakening of Swaraj. Sushma Swaraj was seen as one of the three probably […]
In a reversal of sorts, the Kerala government has set up a welfare commission that will only help people who belong to economically forward classes. The setting up of the ‘forward class welfare commission’ has been approved by the state’s governor, and will shortly become law as it is published in the state gazette. This […]
Delivering his message to the assembled AAP volunteers, AAP Lokpal Admiral L Ramdas said he was distressed by the events, but wants all parties to try to save the unity of the party one way or the other and said he was ready to sign an apology if such a reunion was possible. On the […]
Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, two senior leaders who have been accused of plotting anti-Arvind Kejriwal activities and ejected from the crucial posts in the Aam Aadmi Party, have called for a meeting of volunteers and supporters near Delhi on April 14. The move is seen as a step toward launching a new platform for […]
The ongoing fight over the future of Aam Aadmi Party has divided volunteers of the party — the key strength of AAP — into two camps – one that supports Arvind Kejriwal’s power to decide the future, and the other who question Kejriwal camp’s decision to sack others from the party. The official Facebook Group […]
The controversy around the ‘anti-Kejriwal’ activities of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav has created unrest among the volunteers, with many, if not most of them, unhappy with the ‘humiliation’ of the leaders. “The way things are happening shows immaturity on your part,” said volunteer Sanjay Singh in a comment posted on the Aam Aadmi Party […]
My association with the Aam Aadmi Party predates its formation. I was among the first 500 or so people who joined the erstwhile India Against Corruption movement back in 2011 at a time when it was just another protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Over the next few months and years, I did my fair […]
The Aam Aadmi Party is all set to win around 40 seats going by the leads of 42 out of the total 70 seats. AAP is leading in 25 out of 42, with BJP leading in 12 and Congress in 3. BSP is leading in 1 seat. BJP has lost about 40% of its seats, […]
The cat is in the bag, almost. The Delhi exit polls are in, and it looks like the Aam Aadmi Party will coast through to a comfortable majority in the Assembly. Now, for the tough part. THE UNCOMPROMISING LEADER The first stint for Arvind Kejriwal as CM of Delhi was relatively easier. There were clear […]
The Aam Aadmi Party made a clean sweep of Delhi, according to all the exit polls conducted so far. The AAP is seen winning between 35-45 seats, while the BJP is expected to win 22-28 seats according to the exit poll results. The absolute decimation of the Congress Party seems to have worked to AAP’s […]
It may be banned in India, but that has not prevented India’s neighbour Bangladesh from going online in a big way with Google’s Street View. The service allows users to virtually walk along any street using their computer or mobile phone using the Google Maps app. Globally, 65 countries are on Google Street View. Google […]
The popular impression is that the political right wing is dogmatic, unreasonable etc, while the left-liberals are the people who listen to logic and reason. But is it really so? The latest ‘controversy’ over the “deleted words” from the preamble of India’s constitution forces us to rethink such notions. For those who’ve just climbed out […]
