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
My favourite saying about Indian politics is that all logical analysis about our politics fails because there is no logic to Indian politics. That at least, is the excuse I use when I get things wrong – as I frequently do. (For instance, I was sure that A.B. Vajpayee was going to be re-elected and was startled when the Congress won.) Read more
(21 votes, average: 3.19 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Hindustan Times, Indian politics, Mamata Banerjee, Pranab Mukherjee, Presidential election, Vir Sanghvi
What is the significance of the Congress Party’s decision to nominate Pranab Mukherjee as its Presidential candidate?
Several things, actually. Read more
(60 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Filed under India · Tagged APJ Abdul Kalam, Hindustan Times, news, P. Sangma, Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, presidential poll, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Vir Sanghvi
How significant is the President of India – in political, rather than ceremonial, terms?
If you were to go by the tenure of the current incumbent: not very. Read more
(21 votes, average: 3.95 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Filed under India · Tagged APJ Abdul Kalam, Hindustan Times, Mamata Banerjee, Medium term, Mulayam Singh Yadav, news, pa sangma, Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, president, rasthrapati bhavan, Sonia Gandhi, Vir Sanghvi
Opinions will differ on the merits of Pranab Mukherjee’s budget. There will be those who will say that the finance minister has done the best job possible given how difficult the economic situation is. And there will be others who will argue that he has produced a pedestrian budget that is lacking in imagination. Read more
(21 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, budget 2012, Congress, Election Day, finance minister, Indian economy, manmohan singh, Prakash Karat, Pranab Mukherjee, UPA II, Vir Sanghvi
It is now almost an article of faith within the media that a) this is a very corrupt government and that b) its leaders lack the will or the inclination to fight corruption. Read more
(56 votes, average: 1.86 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged 2G scam, AK Antony, CAG, corrupt government, corruption, CWG, India. media, manmohan singh, Natwar Singh, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Race Course Road, Shivraj Patil, Sonia Gandhi, UPAII, Vir Sanghvi
Viewers of TV news channels will have noticed a slightly surreal political drama unfolding on their screens over the last week. Read more
(20 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged 2G controversy, 2G note, 2G scam, A Raja, Hindustan Times, news, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Sonia Gandhi, Vir Sanghvi
Back when news TV first became a phenomenon, we heard many complaints about how the influence of TV would rob Indian politics of its gravitas. Read more
(31 votes, average: 3.16 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged AB Vajpayee, Anna Hazare, Arun Jaitley, Cabinet, corruption, Indian politics, Jairam Ramesh, Kapil Sibal, LK Advani, Narendra Modi, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Ramdev, Sushma Swaraj, TV, TV event
As far as I can tell, the official position of the government of India on the bugging of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s office appears to be that the Intelligence Bureau investigated the matter and found nothing. Read more
(12 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alistair Campell, Ashoka Hotel, Buta Singh, Downing Street, IB, India, Intelligence Bureau, Medium term, MK Narayanan, Pranab Mukherjee, rajiv gandhi, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Tony Blair, Vir Sanghvi
