Cricket cannot be given precedence over general elections. But then,there was no need to take the IPL out of the country…..
History teaches that dividing society with an eye to power eventually invites ones own downfall.
It is ironical that Varun Gandhi would make a hate speech when his mother,Maneka Gandhi is a champion of animal rights and his late father Sanjay,despite the reputation he earned during the Emergency,never did so….
The so-called Third Front implies danger because of the many PM aspirants. The ideal situation would be a straight fight between the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA…..
Now that the ever-disgruntled elements have herded together as Third Front,with the objective of sharing the fruits of office post-elections…..
Contesting the 2009 general elections will be an uphill task for most parties.
Notwithstanding its ideological and reputational liability,every party is exploring alliance possibilities only to keep its options open for post-poll bargaining.
The Srikrishna committees report on the Chennai lawyers agitation is at once gratifying in its candid incisiveness,as it is disturbing in its underscoring the evident deterioration…..
Every party,as well as every leader of any consequence,is trying to form winning or bargaining combinations notwithstanding public expectations or the demands of their own so-called ideology……
The main Dravida parties,the DMK and the AIADMK,choose to call the BJP communal or otherwise depending on their respective alliance interests….
Such panic plays into terrorists hands. We are a big and strong country with entrenched democratic and secular institutions…..
Theres nothing novel about terror attacks in Pakistan. However,Sri Lankas decision to play in Pakistan was unwise,especially when India had already cancelled its tour.