Hindustan Times
The storm over Raja Pervez Ashraf’s pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif was needless, to state the least. The Pak Premier was on a private visit and India went out of the way to make it appear as one, without, of course, causing any diplomatic affront to the visitor. Read more
(9 votes, average: 2.22 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 6:58 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged Ajmer Sharif, Ashraf's India pilgrimage, Asif Zardari, Bilawal Zardari, hindustan times, Line of Control, Manmohan Singh, news, Pervez Ashraf protests, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Salman Khurshid, Separated at Birth, Vinod Sharma
President Barak Obama’s intervention in the ongoing debate on the pace of reforms in India is unlikely to help the US big business achieve its objectives. It will at once create problems for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in forging a political consensus around such initiatives as opening the pension sector and permitting FDI in multi-brand retail. Read more
(12 votes, average: 3.08 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Filed under World · Tagged credibility, FDI, government, india, investment, Lehman brothers, Manmohan Singh, obama, retail, US, Vinod Sahrma
Autobiographies that aren’t self-commendatory help chronicle history better. That’s the least top leaders and constitutional functionaries can do to empower public opinion or disabuse it of motivated propaganda. Read more
(23 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 2, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Filed under india · Tagged APJ Abdul Kalam, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, hindustan times, L K Advani, Manmohan Singh, news, Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, UPA, Vinod Sharma
On weekends I have some fun on twitter and get in return a sense of the popular mood. So this Sunday when I tweeted in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defense against charges hurled at him and some of his cabinet colleagues by “Team Anna”, the response was overwhelmingly negative. Read more
(19 votes, average: 2.74 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Andhra Pradesh, Anna Hazare, bjp, congress, india, internet, Jagan Mohan, Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, Team Anna, UPA, Vinod Sharma
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
The UPA Government is stumbling from one crisis to another at a time India needs political stability, clean governance and robust policy making. Read more
(8 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Filed under india · Tagged bipartisan, corruption, economy, hindustan times, IAS, Lok Pal, Manmohan Singh, national security, news, Opposition, parliamentary democracy, UPA, Vinod Sharma
I’ve a hunch that the government will agree eventually to place the office of the Prime Minister under the proposed lokpal. That’s the inference I have drawn on reading Pranab Mukherjee’s statement in conjunction with that of Digvijaya Singh. Read more
(8 votes, average: 1.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, civil society, Digvijay Singh, digvijaya singh, Emergency, hindustan times, Lok Pal, lokpal, Lokpal Bill, Manmohan Singh, news, PM, Ramdev, Research and Analysis Wing, Vinod Sharma
Political parties talk the same lingo, dish out identical arguments and almost invariably cite political compulsions to explain graft and continuation of tainted leaders in high offices. Read more
(26 votes, average: 1.81 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Adarsh scam, Andhra Pradesh, Arun Jaitley, bjp, congress, CWG projects, Kanimozhi, Karunanidhi, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Political parties, Reddy brothers, Shobha Karandlaje, Suresh Kalmadi, Sushma Swaraj, Telecom Minister, Tihar Jail, Y S Yeddyurappa
The people of India have once again demonstrated their native wisdom in the recently concluded elections to five state assemblies. The DMK and the Left parties have been roundly defeated in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Assam, assembly elections, congress, CPI-M, DMK, india, Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi, Kerala, LDF, Left, Manmohan Singh, Muslim League, Puducherry, Rangaswamy, Tamil Nadu, Tarun Gogoi, Tripura, UDF, V S Achutanandan, West Bengal
I aren’t the least surprised that the Prime Minister’s Office has contradicted reports of there being any contact with Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani in the run-up to Manmohan Singh’s Mohali meeting with Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani. Read more
(12 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged A B Vajpayee, Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, bilateral trade, india, Kargil, Kashmir, Manmohan Singh, military, Mohali meeting, Mumbai attacks, Nawaz Sharif, Pak Foreign Office, Pakistan Army Chief, Pervez Musharraf, Siachen, Sir Creek, Yousaf Raza Gilani
