Hindustan Times
The latest Cabinet reshuffle may have cost Trinamool Congress Mukul Roy the Railways portfolio but he stood his ground when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked him to visit two train accident sites: in Uttar Pradesh and Assam respectively. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, cabinet reshuffle, Chidambaram, Congress, Dinesh Trivedi, Just People, Kasab, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy, Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Sriprakash Jaiswal, trinamool congress, Uma Bharti
Sanjay Baru, formerly media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says that Dr Singh lacks the political authority that he needs to be Prime Minister. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Congress, hindustan times, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Mayawati, news, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Baru
BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s call to revive the mandir agenda could not have been more ill timed. Read more
(13 votes, average: 2.62 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Babri masjid demolition, BJP, Just People, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Parliament, Ram Lalla, Ram mandir, Sushma Swaraj
So I was right about Ramdev. The self styled yoga guru could not sustain a fast and discontinued it mid-way. Read more
(73 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Filed under India · Tagged anti corruption Bill, Corruption, Digvijay Singh, fast, Lokpal Bill, Ramdev, Ramdev’s protest, Ramlila ground, Uttaranchal, Yoga Guru
Yesterday my son and I stopped for coffee. Usually we go to Barista because he simply loves the mango smoothie they sell but given that I was hungry and Barista’s snack menu is nothing short of terrible, we headed for Costa coffee. Read more
(21 votes, average: 4.62 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Barista, Costa Coffee, Devyani International Limited, DIL, IIT gate, Just People, KFC, Kukmkum Chadha, mustard sauce, Safdarjang Development Area
I agree with Congress leader Digvijay Singh calling Baba Ramdev a thug. I have always suspected his credentials and the latest CID report only substantiates my thinking. Read more
(153 votes, average: 1.93 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Acharya Balakrishna, Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, BJP, black money, Digvijay Singh, Janardhan Dwivedi, Just People, Kapil Sibal, Kumkum Chadha, Manish Tewari, Manmohan Singh, National Commission for women, Rajghat, Ramlila ground, RSS, Sushma Swaraj
In the news has been Kanimozhi, DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s daughter. Her arrest sent shock waves within the DMK which had banked on Congress’ support on the issue. Read more
(15 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G Scam, bail, Congress, DMK, Gender, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kanimozhi, M Karunanidhi, Mumbai blast case, Sanjay Dutt, sonia gandhi, Tihar jail, VIP prisoner
Several years ago when I had met Chanda Kochhar, currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI bank, she told me something which Indians can draw lessons from. Particularly Indian women. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Armani Prive, Bollywood, Cannes film festival, Chanda Kochhar, Ellie Saab, film industry, ICICI bank, Indian women, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kiran Rao, Lanvin, LK Advani, Mallika Sherawat, Masaba Gupta, Sonam Kapoor
The Congress may be feeling a bit smug but the mandate of the elections to five states has fallen short of the expectations of the Congress Party. The Congress had hoped to win at least three, if not four out of the five states. Read more
(4 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Assembly Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Congress, Corruption, Kerala, Mamata Banerjee, Manmohan Singh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, trinamool congress, UPA, West Bengal
It was my second trip to Brindavan in, I think, ten years if not more. Originally Brindavan, it was later renamed, I don’t know if formally, to Vrindaban or Vrindavan. Read more
(5 votes, average: 1.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:26 am
Filed under India · Tagged Ajeet Cour, Arpana Cour, Banke Bihari temple, Basant Panchami, hindustan times, Lord Krishna, news, Shahi Idgah mosque, Shatrughan Sinha, Vrindavan, widows
