Hindustan Times
(5 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bundelkhand, dried up, hills, rivers, Sonebhadra, spirngs, Uttar Pradesh, uttranchal
I had gone to Kunda (Pratapgarh) a few years back to cover assembly elections. The candidate was none other than Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya whose bloodcurdling tales had all lips sealed those days. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:27 pm
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Politicians have penchant for different forms of sycophancy. I remember the first time I had met late Pandit Kamlapati Tripathi– he was very old and was sitting with his legs stretched out on a table. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged colleague, Mayawati, politicians, senior journalist, silver coins, swords, sycophancy
It’s actually disgusting. Again and again I am being asked, “Why do you want quota? It’s a competitive world. So fight for your space in the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha too.” How? No one has the answer.
Agreed quota is not a solution to evils like social inequalities — of rights as well as opportunities. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Lalu Prasad Yadav, Lok Sabha, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh, Sonia Gandhi, UPA, vidhan sabha, women's quota bill, women's Reservation Bill
Pre-Holi scene might have changed in Delhi University for good. But many like me, who passed out years back, connect Holi with balloons, forced colouring of the face, sick comments et al. Thankfully, the government banned balloons after many lost their eyesight or hearing. Nonetheless till date that revulsion has lived on — it has not as yet changed to revelry. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bhojpuri cinema, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, Delhi University, holi, Mahua, Pre-Holi scene, Uttar Pradesh
