Hindustan Times
Last week Congress scion Rahul Gandhi made news: this time not because of politics but on humanitarian grounds. He drove an accident victim to Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. Read more
(31 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Filed under India · Tagged accidents, citizen, commoner, Congress, Government, Kale Ram, layman, New Delhi, Police, politics, Rahul Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, VIP
Last week some newspapers carried a picture of Sachin Pilot, a young minister in Manmohan Singh’s government. While one newspaper showed him seated on a charpoy and shaving, another captured him milking a buffalo at a village in Ajmer. The strap-line read: grassroot politics. Simply put this means that the current crop of ministers are making a beeline for rural areas and attempting a people-connect. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Filed under India · Tagged aam admi, common man, Congress, Congress leaders, Government, government policies, grassroot politics, Manmohan Singh, ministers, Rahul Gandhi, rural India, Sachin Pilot, urban India
Two people, both in the Government, have been upset with me for some time now. One a friend and another a professional contact. The first, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi and the other Union Sports Minister MS Gill. Let me deal with Gill first. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akbar Road, booth mismanagement, Chief Election Commissioner, constituency, Doordarshan, election, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, gender barriers, Government, guitars, Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa Crescent, motormouth, music, Parliament, Prasar Bharati, Rajiv Gandhi, Sharon Prabhakar, sonia gandhi, un-Islamic, Union Sports Minister MS Gill
