Hindustan Times
Every time anybody talks about politicians and austerity, I’m always reminded of Sarojini Naidu’s famous remark about how much it cost to keep Mahatma Gandhi in poverty. Naidu meant that if the Mahatma intended to travel by third class in a train, then a whole bogey had to be cleared so that he could be secure. The symbolism of third-class travel was powerful and effective but the cost was rather more stupendous than the Congress was willing to let on. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 9:22 am
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Air India Express, First Class sleeper seat, Mahatma Gandhi, politics, Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister to the Gulf, S.M. Krishna, Sarojini Naidu
Who would have thought it? Over two weeks ago, when I left the country, the BJP was busy explaining to the world why it had expelled Jaswant Singh, one of its most senior leaders for either praising M A Jinnah (this argument was quickly junked when people asked why L.K. Advani had not been thrown out five years ago, in that case) or for committing the cardinal sin of daring to be critical of a Congress leader who had banned the RSS and prosecuted Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, September 7, 2009 at 9:10 am
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Congress, Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar, Jaswant singh, L.K. Advani, Mahatma Gandhi, Manohar Parrikar, Rahul Gandhi, Raman Singh, RSS, Shivraj Singh Chouhan
It is tempting to dismiss the furore over Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the BJP as a matter of no great consequence. After all, the BJP is a party that is out of power and seemingly in terminal decline. Jaswant Singh is at the end of his career and even if the BJP does manage to recapture power in five years’ time, he would probably have been too old to play an active role in the next government. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged BJP, government, Jaswant singh, Jinnah, L.K. Advani, Mahatma Gandhi, muslims, Pakistan, Vajpayee, Vir Snaghvi
