Hindustan Times
Much is being made out in the media about Anna Hazare having scaled down his demands to reach a compromise with Parliament. I consider such reportage both mischievous and tendentious. Read more
(13 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Gandhian, hindustan times, judiciary, Kiran Bedi, Lokpal Bill, news, ombudsman, Prashant Bhushan, Ram lila Maidan, Vinod Sharma
The 1941 Frank Capra classic Meet John Doe had hit the celluloid about four years after Anna Hazare was born. Its Bollywood remake Mein Azaad Hoon came amid the Bofors gun campaign against Rajiv Gandhi in the late 1980s. Read more
(39 votes, average: 2.51 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, competitive journalism, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, hindustan times, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kiran Bedi, live coverage, Meet John Doe, Mein Azaad Hoon, news, Prashant Bhushan, Rajiv Gandhi, TV channels, Vinod Sharma
The UPA’s approach to Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement is a study in how not to handle a protest of that nature. Read more
(34 votes, average: 2.79 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, British Raj, CAG, Comptroller and Auditor General, David, Emergency, Goliath, hindustan times, JP Park, Lokpal Bill, news, Section 144, UPA, Vinod Sharma
Three countries in South Asia are in the middle of political maelstroms for reasons unique to their polity. Read more
(18 votes, average: 1.78 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Filed under india · Tagged abbottabad, Communist Party of Nepal, hatchet, hindustan times, Madheshi splinter groups, Nawaz Sharif, NDA, news, Osama Bin Laden, political maelstroms, PPP, Sonia Gandhi, UPA, Vinod Sharma
Our divided polity could face further fragmentation that’ll for all times make governance difficult, even impossible, with national parties pandering to the whims and fancies of smaller groupings and local czars. Read more
(16 votes, average: 2.69 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 1, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Filed under india · Tagged BS Yeddyurappa, GK Moopanar, Gopinath Munde, hindustan times, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Lingayat lord, news, politics, Rajiv Gandhi, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, T Anjaiah, Vasundahra Raje, Vinod Sharma
