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Posted on 20 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

The first two rounds of the voting for the 2019 General Elections are over.  What are the early trends?  What are the initial lessons? A comparison of three…

Posted on 10 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

It has become a routine practice to call any action against corruption as political vendetta. Claim of vendetta has never been a legitimate defence in corruption. Those who…

Posted on 07 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

The past few days have witnessed several cases where the Election Commission and the revenue authorities, both separately and acting jointly, trying to curb the use of blackmoney…

Posted on 05 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

Rahul Gandhi talks on several subjects with which he does not even have a nodding acquaintance.  He makes wild and unsubstantiated allegations against all and sundry.  The only…

Posted on 03 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

How do parties and politicians fund themselves?  Indian political parties were traditionally funded with cash i.e. black money.  Many have now tried to get tax paid money due…

Posted on 30 March, 2019 , No Comments admin

On 28th March, 2019, an unprecedented protest took place in Bengaluru.   Holding party flags, JDS and Congress leaders assembled outside the Income Tax Office to protest against income…

Posted on 29 March, 2019 , No Comments admin

Over the last several months, India was exhausted with the talk of a ‘Mahagathbandhan’.  The rationale was that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the BJP were very strong and could not be…

Posted on 13 March, 2019 , No Comments admin

The situation till May, 2014 India was considered, by both domestic and international investors, as one of the most corrupt nations in the world.  India’s credibility on the…

Posted on 03 March, 2019 , No Comments admin

The Congress led UPA Government from 2004 to 2014 ran a terrible Government. From 2014 to 2019, it was even a more terrible Opposition.  There are occasions in…

Posted on 05 February, 2019 , No Comments admin

Mamata Banerjee’s disproportionate over-reaction to the CBI wanting to interrogate the Kolkata Police Chief has flagged several issues for a public discourse. The most important being that a…