Hindustan Times
The upsurge against corruption has acquired mind-boggling complexities. It has throw up serious questions but no ready answers. Rather than being an empowering experience, it has disempowered and divided public opinion. Read more
(23 votes, average: 2.48 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, hindustan times, India Against Corruption, Kiran Bedi, lokpal, news, Nitin Gadkari, robert vadra, Salman Khurshid, Separated at Birth, Vinod Sharma
The year 2012 will be the year of the Lokpal and a slew of other legislations to combat corruption. Politicos may not want it. But they’re destined to have it. Read more
(26 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, corruption, hindustan times, Kiran Bedi, Lokayuktas, lokpal, news, Prashant Bhushan, Rajya Sabha, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma
Let me at the very outset confess that I was impressed by Anna Hazare’s latest show of protest. There was a certain variety to the debate. One didn’t feel being shepherded in the direction chosen by the organizers. Read more
(37 votes, average: 3.16 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Filed under india · Tagged AB Bardhan, Anna Hazare, Arun Jaitley, Aruna Roy, Arvind Kejriwal, Brinda Karat, CBI, FDI in retail, hindustantimes, JD(U), Kiran Bedi, Lokpal Bill, Parliament, Ramlila Maidan, Separated at Birth, sharad yadav, Vinod Sharma
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
My respect for Parliament is anchored in my commitment to parliamentary democracy. For that reason, I’m convinced that citizens should be deferential towards elected bodies — from the gram panchayat to the Lok Sabha. Read more
(15 votes, average: 2.87 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption, gram panchayat, Kiran Bedi, Lok Sabha, Lokpal Bill, Parliament, parliamentary democracy, Prashant Bhushan, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma
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
