Hindustan Times
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Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Filed under India, Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Canberra, Hindi Heartland, Hindustan Times, lucknow, Lucknow University, Mulayam Singh Yadav, news, Nitish Kumar, Sunita Aron, Tagore library, Walter Burley Griffin
For decades Uttar Pradesh kept churning out prime ministers one after another for the country. Despite its acute backwardness, the state never lagged on that count. But after the death of Rajiv Gandhi that suddenly stopped and other states took the lead. Read more
(5 votes, average: 2.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Filed under India, Uttar Pradesh · Tagged BJP, congress, Hindi Heartland, Hindustan Times, LK Advani, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Narendra Modi, news, Nitish Kumar, prime ministers, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sunita Aron, UP elections, Uttar Pradesh
Dramatics, antics come naturally to former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav. Discuss roads and his comment on ‘building Bihar roads as chikni (smooth) as Hema Malini’s cheeks’ becomes the metaphor. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Filed under Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Bihar, BJP, Hema Malini, Hindi Heartland, hindustantimes, JD-U, Lalu Yadav, Mamata banerjee, Narendra Modi, NDA, Nitin Gadkari, Nitish Kumar, Raman Singh, Sharad Yadav, Shatrughan Sinha, Sunita Aron, Trinamool Congress, UPA, Uttar Pradesh
Here comes some good news. The BJP is now planning to embrace the Bihar model for UP polls to counter BSP chief Mayawati’s caste card with its slogan of ’state pride and development,’ something on the lines of Nitish Kumar’s ‘aam janata’ slogan that had cut into Lalu Prasad’s caste base in the neighboring state in the recent assembly elections. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Filed under Uttar Pradesh · Tagged anti-incumbency, Ayodhya shrine, Bahujan Samaj Party, BJP, caste, Hindustan Times, Lalu Prasad, Mayawati, news, Nitish Kumar, Rajnath Singh, Samajwadi Party, Sunita Aron, UP polls
Much was written about Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s concerted bid to instill, rather ignite ‘My Bihar and Me Bihari’ pride during the recent assembly polls. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 99th Bihar Diwas, Hindustan Times, Mayawati, MNS, My Bihar and Me Bihari, news, Nitish Kumar, nukkad meetings, Shiv Sena, Shram daan
When a whiff of freshness envelops the state and when dreams and aspirations deluge its people, we all know its New Year time. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Filed under India · Tagged apj adbul kalam, Bihar, bihar chief minister, biharis, development in Bihar, Mayawati, Nitish Kumar, UP elections, Uttar Pradesh
As scams were tumbling out of cupboards in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and at the Centre, I noticed with glee that all was quite well in the Hindi heartland, at least in Bihar where Nitish Kumar’s development mantra triumphed in the recent elections. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Centre, Hindi Heartland, IAS officers, India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mayawati, Neera Yadav, Nitish Kumar, scams, UP, UPIAS Association, Uttar Pradesh
As I watched Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walk away with the Economic Times Business Reformer of the Year- 2009 Award, I heaved a sigh of relief.
At least one of the two big (notorious) states from the Hindi heartland had shown some progress, some promise. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Economic Times Business, Hindi Heartland, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Narain Dutt Tiwari’s Gandhian policy, Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
