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Comment on Let’s listen to common sense by vijay kumar

vijay kumar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:09:32 +0000

I have been surprised by the boorish level of debate on TV on the Naxalite question.

We still have to get over our romance with leftist thought for one; somebody has to tell our intellectual pretenders that they are peddling lies about Maoism.

The first blatant truth, to anybody who has gone to China is, that “MAO’S OWN COUNTRY HAS ADOPTED THE SINGAPORE MODEL OF GROWTH”

And that too after the death of 35 million people during Mao’s long and cruel rule.

What is this model of growth? Simple– High foreign investment, export led growth, strict labour laws and curtailment of some democratic freedoms.

Now this is a model of growth what our left “intellectuals” keep warning us not to emulate.

So at the end of the day Mr Karat and Mr Yechury and inflate their chests with pride when somebody says China has achieved a high economic growth rate, yet when it comes to India, we are somehow stopped from following that model.

The economic and intellectual basis for getting Maoist thought into our country is zilch. Yet TV channels, for TRP ratings end up getting the same set of people with fixed views, who keep romantiscising the killings by Maoists.

The fact is the Indian state will need to get proactive to get rid of this menace; today our country is reasonably rich. We could start with some sort of welfare support for the poorest in our villages; then an educational sytem which promotes entrepreneurship which helps and mentally moulds a youth towards enterprise, rather than making him bitter towards the state.

In the end, we need special courts in rural and tribal areas, where quick and effective justice is done to exploiters of the rural poor.

Comment on Bombay to Mumbai, or else… by Sharat

Sharat — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:26:27 +0000

I agree with what you said. In my opinion all the earlier names sounded cool, cooler than the present names.
Bombay seems posher than Mumbai. Bengalluru is a disaster. I wonder how the word “Bangalored”( used to represent the outsourcing) would look like now, “Bengalured” or “Bengalurued”. It sucks man. Calcutta is a sweet name and when you say Kolkata now, it seems like you are exerting extra pressure on your mouth for a simple word. I liked Madras more than Chennai with no reason. Just changing names of a city doesn’t change the identity. I live in US and I din’t find a single american who says “Mumbai” they all say “Bombay”. Probably these guys don’t know a menace(MNS) like Raj thakre.

The views expressed by the commentor are the views of almost all of the guys who have some brains.

Comment on Bombay to Mumbai, or else… by RADHA RAMAN JHA

RADHA RAMAN JHA — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:33:28 +0000

It is always quite surprising for me that why we give so much attention to such a worthless talk?
MNS or SHIV SENA they are just a shame for our democratic set up and indian politics.
They are behaving like a crying baby shouting for attention. Well, we all know that but some thing is wrong . Why they are so fearless and why not appropriate steps has been taken agaist such parasites living on controversy. What will happen if eveything starts going like they want?
Will they become quite? No, never ……….. They will start searchng for some new issue on which they can play dirty politics.
so, this is my appeal to so called intellectuals ,”Stop give publicity to such maniacs if u want to say something on like this issue then please say about our inability to deal with such mockery going on…….

Comment on Bombay to Mumbai, or else… by Mahesh

Mahesh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:34:35 +0000

Its all the games politicians play and a question more of who’s in power!

All of a sudden they wake up to realise that the sentiments of local public demanded the change….but they dont realise all that the local populace needs is a proper road to travel on, an unerring water/power supply and a cleaner environment. how come they never wake up to this?
well yaar…i have never seen any1 person who really demanded a change in name…they are as happy/sad/depressed as they would have been if the city had stayed put with Bombay/Madras/Bangalore/Trivandrum…

These things are beyond the understanding of a politician whose only aim is to settle scores with his rivals and score some brownie points…

Its all our fault, we are all like the snakes who are tranced by the movement of the baansuri…we should wake up to these facts, sooner, cos l8r might be just too late…

I am still surprised, how come nobody wanted to change the name of this Nation going down the drains…

Comment on Phase out extravagance from politics by Taedia

Taedia — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:57:38 +0000

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Comment on President of Atlantis by Cadalla

Cadalla — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:14:26 +0000

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Comment on Privatise Air India before it’s too late by sunita parab

sunita parab — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:45:45 +0000

Feelings or analysis of Mr Vir Sanghvi holds true not only for Air India but any PSU for that matter. In corrupt scenario of top to bottom each and every institue affiliated or associated with Govt (Central/State) is gross inefficient and looted by all concerned. Constitution of India drawn by Shri Babasaheb Ambedkar needs revamping. Indian Govt should constitue professionals and not let run by goons and illiterates…. else… Not only Air India but Whole India will go to AIR one day.

Comment on No room for outsiders in Indian politics by Naveen Chandra

Naveen Chandra — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:57:28 +0000

The parliament should make a law banning family successors. Political Parties should stop accepting the succession as a qualification. Every one should put democracy first- nation’s welfare first- nation’s security first. Otherwise we are bound to repeat a Franch or Russian revolution in India results of which will not be pleasant for teh present ruling classes- especially the Congress Party which is becoming a dinosaur fast.

Comment on The continuing saga of the BJP by Dr alok anand

Dr alok anand — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:16:52 +0000

Firstly I think that the expulsion of jaswant singh was totally justified.As a senior opposition leader ideally he should have devoted time in strengthning the demoralised BJP atleast in his home state rajasthan but he chose the path of creating controversies and demonising sardar patel which would have been a lethal weapon in hands of congress in byelection in gujrat.To save its face in gujrat ,bjp expelled him and his anti vasundhra raje campaign also added in his expulsion.Politically the party is totally justified but the swift and undemocratic manner has raised a few eyebrows.
Second thing is about RSS and BJP.what is wrong if RSS is trying to normalise the BJP.actually rss has prevented the party from possible disintegration and made a blueprint for future succession.Mr sanghvi ,when you dont have any objection from the fact that our PM and cabinet are taking instructions and affirmation from Madam gandhi then why you are so worried that rss is pacifying and sorting out problems from BJP.Afterall rss is mother organisation of BJP.Actually it smells sort of biasness from you.
Third point is ,you have stated that the next generation of BJP is of mass-murderers, state chieftains and rootless politicians.Is raman singh .shivraj chouhan ,sushma swaraj ,modi ,manohar parrikar all rootless???Are you looking with blind eyes or biassed eyes??
modi ,raman and chuhan have won back to back elections just because they were popular not rootless.Regarding your mass murderer comment ,just to refresh your memory ,india has seen one mass murderer of sikhs as PM and quite unfortunately was even awarded bharat ratna and being praised by few english journalists repeatedly.i presume you to be smart enough to guess which PM and which journalist i am referring to .
regarding BJP i think that the party is begining a new beginning and i see a few hurdles and setbacks initially but in the long run it will gain strengths under new leadership .Bjp is the party which has rescued indian politics from congress monarchy and it is successfully running 8 state govts and possibly jharkhand also if UPA decides for election there.
I agree with you that a strong national opposition party is need of hour and expect BJP to come out from its turmoil soon.But i miss shree vajpayee a lot and hope vajpayeeism does not die in indian politics.Hope new vajpayee to emerge soon in bjp.

Comment on Thakre and Thackeray by Braham Singh

Braham Singh — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:15:09 +0000

Vir Sanghvi speaks the minds of millions of Bombaywallahs. Here is the USA we actively discourage our fellow Amercicans from usign the name “Mumbai”. A city is named by the people who built it. Not be the people who ruined it. Bombay it is, Bombay it will always be. Beyond the creek, call it what you want.