Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s reference to saffron terror has been topic of a raging debate in Congress. I have argued elsewhere that it’s a pointless debate. Read the article Read more

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Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged BJP, Congress, Hindu fanatics, Hinduism, Hindutva, Islam, Islamist terrorist, M G Vaidya, P Chidambaram, RSS, Veer Savarkar, Vivekananda
Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi is on a wheelchair. The 86-year-old DMK patriarch took an early morning flight to Delhi earlier this week to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Read more

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Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged A. Raja, Lalu Prasad Yadav, M. Karunanidhi Tamil Nadu, P Chidambaram, Praful Patel, Pranab Mukherjee, Shashi Tharoor, Sonia Gandhi DMK, women’s reservation bill
Home Minister P Chidambaram is expressive. He’s now been accused of talking too much and some go to the extent of suggesting that he invited the wrath of the Maoists with his statements.
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Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged Arundhati Roy, bureaucracy, home minister, internal security, Maoism, Maoists, P Chidambaram, Rajya Sabha, Shivraj Patil
Demands for smaller states would be the most troublesome political issue for the ruling Congress in 2010. That’s, of course, assuming that nothing unexpected such as a terror attack happens. Read more

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Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ahmad Patel, AK Antony, K Chandrashkhar Rao, Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, political issue, Pranab Mukherjee, ruling Congress, smaller states, Sonia Gandhi, Telangana, YSR
Why National Security Advisor (NSA) MK Narayanan lost his job has not been explained sufficiently by those who should know in the Congress and the government. But there are some guesses and some plausible explanations in political circles. Read more

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Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged Congress, governmen, home minister, master survivor, minister of state, MK Narayanan, Mumbai terror attacks, National Security Advisor, P Chidambaram, Shivraj Patil, Sonia Gandhi