BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s call to revive the mandir agenda could not have been more ill timed. Read more

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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
This week started off as a Ram Navami week. In other words Ram’s birthday. It seemed a big thing this year: there were several lunch invites, one from Prathibha Prahlad, a known dancer. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, hindustan times, LK Advani, Namaste Cinema, news, Nitin Gadkari, Prathibha Prahlad, Pratibha Advani, Ram Navami, Retake, Shri Ram, Swayam Infotainment
I, unlike many who read me, have nothing against politicians kids joining their parents profession. I treat it like any other child taking after his or her parents and handling it with ability or messing it up. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under India · Tagged affiliations, Anurag Thakur, Atal Behari Vajpayee, backdoor entry, bandwagon, Bilaspur, BJP youth wing, cop, cricketer, Dharamsala, election, full term, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh CM Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, LLB, Lok Sabha, MBBS, MP, Nitin Gadkari, office bearer, Parliament, party worker, politicians kids, politics, profession, Ranji Trophy, tenure
I don’t know why Pratibha Advani, BJP iron man L K Advani’s daughter, does not join politics. She is young, articulate and bright: all things which a politician should be. Add to that the fact that she is low key and understated; doesn’t pitch for herself; is grounded and visibly content playing her father’s daughter at home but being entirely on her own at work. She has, over the years, even while being with her father, built an identity of her own, away from politics. Read more

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