Hindustan Times
Having known Kiran Bedi for nearly three decades, I can put it down on an affidavit that she’s a person of high integrity. As a police officer, her bravery outshone some of her male peers at the prime of her career. Quite fresh in my mind are her 1978 images of single-handedly taking on a bunch of Akali swashbucklers with just a baton near India Gate. Read more
(22 votes, average: 3.32 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Arvind Kejriwal, congress, corruption, India Gate, India Vision Foundation, IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, police officer, Ramlila Maidan, Team Anna
Anna Hazare has gone on a maun vrat. In some ways, his decision to go silent is eloquent, come as it does after Prashant Bhushan’s controversial remarks on Kashmir that begot a violent right wing reaction. Read more
(15 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Arvind Kejriwal, B S Yeddyurappa, congress, Gujarat riots, India Against Corruption, Irom Chanu Sharmila, Jan Lok Pal draft, Karnataka Lok Ayukta, Kashmir, Lok Pal, Mohan Bhagwat, Naxalism, Parliament, Prashant Bhushan, RSS, Salva Judam project, Swami Agnivesh, Team Anna
Will the poll outcome in Hissar prove Team Anna’s ability to swing elections on the Jan Lokpal issue? That’s what Arvind Kejriwal would have one believe, moving around in a Toyota Fortuner and exhorting people to banish the Congress for its refusal to accept Anna’s version of the proposed law. Read more
(51 votes, average: 2.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Ajay Chautala, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhajan Lal, bjp, congress, Hissar, Indian politics, Jai Parkash, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kuldeep Bishnoi, lok ayuktas, Lok Pal bill, Nitin Gadkari, ombudsman, Parliament, Ramlila Maidan, RSS, Team Anna
What’s happening to our national parties? Are they fast reducing to mere launch boards for ambitious politicians who have scant regard for discipline and are distrustful forever of their peers and rivals? Read more
(16 votes, average: 2.31 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 3, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Filed under india · Tagged bjp, congress, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, national politics, news, Sanjeev Bhatt, Separated at Birth, Sonia Gandhi, UPA, Vinod Sharma
