A largely facetious, partly serious take on the impending Budget 2025 - stated for tomorrow. For a start, one can print the reactions of the various voices to any budget in bulk and simply rehash it every year. They are so predictable that the only person who can say somethin...
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The Defining Moment in POTUS 2024 Elections Enough and more is being debated and discussed about the victory of Donald Trump in the USA Presidential elections. Here is my take on the issue. Before the elections, one felt that Trump had a chance but given his unpredictable ...
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First, lets rewind to 1985-87 and what happened to the Indian army on its “Peace Mission” in Sri Lanka (termed as India’s Vietnam) as the Indian Peace Keeping Force. For the only time in its long history, they got “clobbered” and returned with a bloody nose, they faile...
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Ratan Tata – Man Extraordinary Reams have been written and spoken by many, and most are based on their interactions with this great man – so I, who have never met him, can add little except for what I call the WiFi connect with the person and what his name meant. The clos...
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Quite a long time back when I first got the opportunity to sit in a company board meeting, I noticed the Chairman making a strange remark as he opened the board meeting. He used to say something like – “Please unhide your hidden agendas and keep your vested interests outside...
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This is NOT about Narendra Modi, even though he is the central character. This is about the evolution of a leader particularly in the BJP and in the NDA/ India in general. Post the electoral defeat in 2009 the BJP was rudderless, notwithstanding the presence of LK Advani. He ...
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Life & weight, certainly changes with time. This is both enduring & educative. A picture they say speaks a million words.The allegation is that in the last 10 years only opposition leaders have been arrested by the Modi govt and these are only political vendetta an...
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ALL PICTURES IN THIS BLOG EXCEPT A FEW TAKEN FROM INTERNET - THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL INTENT/USE & ACK WITH THANKS WHOEVER ARE THE AUTHORS OF THESE PICTURES In January 2019 I wrote a 3-part blog on the end of term view of the Narendra Modi Govt. Those interested can read th...
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The latest media reports had a rather interesting headline. It spoke about the supreme court raising many a logical question about political funding and demanding that the list of donors be readily available for the court to review. Many have also raised questions about the so-c...
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In 1947 the British left behind two enduring messy legacies. One was in creating Israel but without creating Palestine fully even if the UN created a map. The solution was so messy, that Jordan and Egypt managed the area which the Palestinians today claim but as having been take...
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