Hindustan Times
Two things need to be said about this week’s Cabinet reshuffle. The first is that it was an exercise in spectacularly inept political timing. It is bizarre to shift the country’s home minister at a time when parts of Assam are still in flames and to replace him with a man who knows nothing about that situation and has never before held this portfolio. Read more
(12 votes, average: 2.83 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Filed under India · Tagged assam violence, Cabinet reshuffle, Congress, Hindustan Times, Kashmir, manmohan singh, Medium term, Natwar Singh, news, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, UPA, Veerappa Moily, Vir Sanghvi
Why do you suppose Prime Minister Manmohan Singh picked this time to launch a new initiative to repair ties with Pakistan? Speaking to reporters at the SAARC Summit in the Maldives, the Foreign Secretary said that the Prime Minister’s tacit agreement to resume the composite dialogue (halted after the 26/11 attacks) came after an emotional appeal from Yusuf Raza Gilani, the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Read more
(24 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 26/11, Ajmal Kasab, Delhi high court blast, Hindustan Times, Indo-Pak relations, Kashmir, manmohan singh, news, Osama Bin Laden, Parvez Musharraf, SAARC Summit, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Vir Sanghvi, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Before we go much further, let me make one thing clear: I have no intention of passing judgement on the rights and wrongs of the Kiran Bedi saga. Frankly, it seems like an issue where two opposing positions can seem equally strong. Read more
(56 votes, average: 2.98 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged airfares, Arvind Kejriwal, Hindustan Times, Hisar, Kashmir, Kiran Bedi, Media, Medium term, news, prashant bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, team anna, Vir Sanghvi
The attack on Prashant Bhushan, apparently because of his support for a plebiscite in Kashmir, shows up some of the fault-lines within the Anna Hazare movement. Read more
(78 votes, average: 3.41 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arundhati Roy, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, george fernandes, hurriyat, jan lokpal bill, Jayaprakash Narayan, Kashmir, kashmir plebiscite, Kiran Bedi, LK Advani, lokal bill, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, prashant bhushan, team anna, Vir Sanghvi, VP singh
The Union Cabinet decided on Monday to put off approving a hike in the salaries of MPs and ministers. Read more
(16 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged AK Antony, British MPs, Consensus, corruption, Delhi, Edwin Luyens, foreign policy, hike, hypocrisy, Inflation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kashmir, Lutyens zone, manmohan singh, Maoist, Media, ministers, MPs, P Chidambaram, Pakistan, Parliament, politicians, remuneration, salaries, scandal, senators, UK, Union Cabinet, US, V Krishna
