IIPM The Sunday Indian Articles
THE CITIZENS OF THE SUBCONTINENT STAND BETRAYED, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHAMELESS CONDUCT OF THEIR SPORTING HEROES, BUT FOR AN EQUALLY IRRESPONSIBLE BOARD AND A SELF-CENTERED POLITICAL CLASS!
OUR MPs ALWAYS HAVE A CONSENSUS ON PERSONAL GAINS AND DIFFERENCES ON NATIONAL IMPERATIVES!
HOUSEWIVES ARE AN INVALUABLE UNPAID RESOURCE AND DEFINITELY NOT UNPRODUCTIVE!
SERVICE PROVIDERS OR RENT SEEKERS?!
IT IS NOW FOOLISH TO COMPARE INDIA TO CHINA. RATHER, IT WOULD BE MORE SENSIBLE TO LEARN A LESSON OR TWO FROM THE CHINESE!
FOOD WASTED IN FCI GODOWNS COULD HAVE FED 2500 LAKH FAMILIES FOR 10 YEARS!!! DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FOOD SECURITY ANYMORE?
IN THE INSURANCE IMBROGLIO, THE COMMON MAN IS THE SCAPEGOAT AGAIN!
PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS LEADING TO DEATHS AND SUICIDES… ARE WE FIT TO BE TEACHERS?
CORRUPTION IN SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN HAS NOT JUST ROBBED TODAY’S EDUCATION FROM THE LIVES OF CRORES OF CHILDREN, BUT ALSO DESTROYED THEIR CHANCES OF DIGNIFIED LIVING FOREVER
NREGA IS A GREAT DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVE, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ENSURE THAT THE ADDITIONAL INCOME IN THE HANDS OF THE RURAL POOR GETS MOBILISED TOWARDS LONG TERM PRODUCTIVE MEANS AND NOT ALCOHOL!
AS MANIPUR BURNS AGAIN, THE CENTER CHOOSES TO REMAINS INDECISIVE
I WONDER WHAT THE US ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE DONE, HAD A BHOPAL LIKE GAS TRAGEDY HAPPENED THERE...
COMPARED TO MUKESH AMBANI, EVEN A BILL GATES IS INSIGNIFICANT AND POWERLESS. AND NOW, THE COMING TOGETHER OF THE AMBANI BROTHERS WILL ONLY MAKE THEM MORE POWERFUL!
ARE WE FIT TO BE PARENTS?
THANK YOU FATHER, FOR BRINGING “KAVIGURU” RABINDRA NATH TAGORE IN MY LIFE... AGAIN!
IS CPM ON THE WAY TO YET ANOTHER TERM IN WEST BENGAL?
IPL IN MUMBAI IN THE MIDST OF THE UNPRECEDENTED WATER CRISIS!
OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE COMMITTED MORE TERRORISM ON HUMANITY THAN THE MAOISTS HAVE
THIS IS HOW INDIA PRIVATISES EVERY PUBLIC GOOD SHAMELESSLY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IN THE CASE OF IPL THEY GOT CAUGHT!
RTE IN ITS CURRENT FORM LOOKS MORE OF AN ACT OF TOKENISM THAN ONE THAT WOULD DELIVER ANY TANGIBLE AND MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES
THE NEED OF A RIGHT TO FOOD BILL INDICATES THE EXTENT OF FAILURE OF SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS AT THE POLICY LEVEL!
M.F. HUSAIN SURELY WOULDN’T HAVE USED HIS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH ISLAM, BUT LET’S STILL GIVE HIM THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS
IT IS THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY, THAT AT ONE HAND THE GOVERNMENT IS HELL BENT TO PASS THE WOMEN RESERVATION BILL,AND ON THE OTHER, VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS BLATANTLY!!
FOR MEANINGFUL AND COMPETENT REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT, WOMEN NEED EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT, AND NOT RESERVATION!
AN ‘OBJECTIVELESS’ AND TIMID BUDGET
INDIA’S INTERVENTION IN SRI LANKA IS AN IMMEDIATE IMPERATIVE!
A BUDGET FOR THREE IDIOTS
B-SCHOOL RANKING SCAMSTERS EXPOSED!
HATS OFF TO SHAH RUKH KHAN FOR STANDING HIS GROUND! IT’S NOW TIME TO END THIS HOOLIGANISM ONCE AND FOR ALL AND MAKE MUMBAI A UNION TERRITORY!
THE SANCTITY OF PADMA AWARDS ARE AT QUESTION, AND WITH THAT THE DESTINY OF OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENIUSES!!
TRANSFORM THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES INTO RESULT-ORIENTED CORPORATE ENTITIES!
HATS OFF TO BIHAR, BUT IT HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD!
3 IDIOTS IS CERTAINLY NOT FIVE POINT SOMEONE. IT IS THE BEST FILM EVER MADE WORLDWIDE ON ANY COUNTRY’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
IT IS SO UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE CONVERTED THE WORLD’S FOOD BOWL INTO A BEGGING BOWL!
IT IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE TO CREATE MORE STATES BASED JUST ON MERE POLITICAL AMBITIONS!
THE UN COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA AND CHINA TO SET THEIR OWN STANDARDS
THE WORLD NEEDS DUBAI!
ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF 26/11,THE FOCUS OF UPA SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON ISSUES RELATING TO HOW SUCH INSTANCES OF MAYHEM CAN BE AVERTED IN THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN RAKING UP A NEARLY TWO-DECADE-OLD BABRI ISSUE!
OBAMA, LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS, HAS CLASSICALLY EXHIBITED DOUBLE STANDARDS FAVOURING CHINA!
MANU SHARMA HAS BEEN A CLASSIC METAPHOR OF DELAYED AND DISCRIMINATING JUDICIARY!
MAMTA'S LIFE IS NOT SAFE… BECAUSE IN THESE ELECTIONS, NOTHING ELSE CAN PREVENT THE INEVITABLE FROM HAPPENING!
THE DANGEROUS DESIGNS OF THE CHINESE WILL COME TRUE IF INDIA DOESN’T START ACTING IN A COMMITTED MANNER IMMEDIATELY
DISCOVER THE DIAMOND IN YOU!
THE DESIRABILITY OF LIVING FOREVER
WHEN AMERICANS PROTEST OBAMA’S HEALTHCARE PLANS, INDIANS HAVE REASONS TO WONDER!
THE POWER OF A STING OPERATION!
THE CURRENT AUSTERITY DRIVE IS COMMENDABLE, BUT TO CREATE THE REAL IMPACT, THE AXE HAS TO FALL ON THE OTHER WASTEFUL EXPENDITURES!
CLEARING THE 3 CRORE BACKLOG CASES BY 2012 IS FINE, BUT THEN IT SHOULD COME ALONG WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
IF RAHUL GANDHI CAN SUCCESSFULLY PAVE A PATH FOR YOUNG AND VISIONARY LEADERS WITH CLEAN TRACK RECORDS TO PLUNGE INTO MAINSTREAM POLITICS, IT WOULD BE HIS BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION!
BJP IS IN A MESS AND SENDING DANGEROUS SIGNALS TO THE NATION; BUT I DO HOPE THEY COME OUT OF IT STRONGLY. INDIA NEEDS THEM!
"MY NAME IS KHAN… AND I AM NOT A TERRORIST"
ALONG WITH ARRESTING SWINE FLU, THE FLU THAT AILS THE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE - THAT IS, THE POLITICAL MINDSET - TOO NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY!
THE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO MAKE NAXALS GIVE UP THEIR ARMS BY PROVIDING THEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT!
MR. OBAMA, YOU ARE HONEST AND THAT’S WHY THE WORLD’S EXPECTATIONS FROM YOU NEVER END!
SONIA AND MAMATA: THE TALE OF TWO LADIES!
SHAME ON BJP, SP AND CPM! HAIL EC AND HAIL EVM!!
AT LONG LAST, A BUDGET THAT HAS CLEARLY PLACED FIRST THE AGENDAS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO LOBBIES!
THE TEN THINGS KAPIL SIBAL MUST DO FOR INDIAN EDUCATION!