The day the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi mooted a self-appraisal system for the state party leaders, I wondered what would be the parameters on which they would be judged. Read more

Ms Renu Narula , senior economics teacher at Loreto Convent School had following observations about the political system at a discussion held on the forthcoming elections in our office. Read more

After listening to the two Yadavs of Hindi heartland in the Lok Sabha, the demand for a constitutional right to recall elected members is bound to get louder. Read more

Recently a beggar contributed Rs 10 for building a corruption free society. Someone casually asked him, “Do you know what jan lokpal bill is all about?” Read more

I doubt the public, both the Muslims and the Hindus, approve of Digvijay Singh’s unwarranted utterances at a time when the country was painfully observing the anniversaries of twin terror attacks on Mumbai and Parliament. Read more

Not the politicians in power for sure. As they bank on khaki to don the sparkling white in Parliament. Read more

 

It happened over a decade back. But the words haunt me till date. “You convent educated, bob cut girls, what do you understand about Indian politics? Go and live in a village- amidst cows, dirt and dung, before asking me about elections.” Sharad Yadav said to me in a mocking tone. Read more