Stop playing pied piper to the youth of India

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:36 pm tags: indiaelections2009 youthpower
I do not have the data but I say for sure that average age of our elected M.P.s must be 45+. That is more than twice the required age for voting. However,....   More


Do political parties and the news media think voters are stupid?

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:32 pm tags: indiaelections2009 vote marketing
According to a IMRB survey, 59% of the voters feel that the primary motive of most politicians is to make money. This is no surprise. But what pisses one....   More


Why it is hard to vote in the elections in India

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:28 pm tags: indiaelections2009 vote
Westerners call the Indian General Elections "a carnival". The unsexed version of Rio, is this what they are thinking? Truth is, there....   More


On Indian journalists with political affiliations

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:24 pm tags: Media indiaelections2009 journalists
In truth, few media outlets are really unbiased. In fact, a media house betrays its leanings right when it plays safe with regards to the....   More


The 13 most overrated people in India right now

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:21 pm tags: indiaelections2009 celebrity
Chirag Chamoli comes up with an interesting list of ....   More


Is Nitish Kumar really the development man for Bihar?

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:15 pm tags: indiaelections2009 caste
Many things in politics are 'managed'. One of the current 'managed' successes is the perception that Nitish Kumar is doing wonders in....   More


Every neta has a fixer

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:13 pm tags: indiaelections2009
The two big parties, the BJP and Congress have multiple fixers and money arrangers. In the last decade, Sitaram Kesari was the quintessential money manager....   More


Mere paas film star hai: how useless film stars are for democracy

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 12:08 pm tags: Films indiaelections2009 celebrity
  Apart from Sunil Dutt....   More


Cometh the elections, cometh the slogans

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 11:55 am tags: indiaelections2009 slogans
Those who write the slogans on the walls (may God have mercy on them]) and on the posters and whose words are repeated through loudspeakers during....   More


Brahmins in Indian Politics

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 11:44 am tags: indiaelections2009 caste trends
We have had quite a few Brahmin Prime Ministers, starting with Nehru and then his descendents. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the last Brahmin minister and....   More


What may happen after these elections

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 11:41 am tags: indiaelections2009 predictions
These are early times for a democracy. If America is our template, as it is in most things for the educated middle class, then a two-party system, one party....   More


Predictions for the 2009 general elections from Arun Nehru

In: guides On March 26, 2009, 11:37 am tags: indiaelections2009 predictions
During every major election, Arun Nehru, who was a Minister....   More



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