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Congress has more to walk via the by-election route
The much-publicized Bangalore-Bellary padayatra is over. The response from the people en route was rousing. Congressmen are in high spirits. They also got a...
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How churlish of us to have snarled, "Go take a hike!" when our poor MPs came asking for a raise. We hurled shame at them like a microphone when all...
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(This is a comment) When he was hauled up before the British Parliament for plundering wealth in India, Robert Clive is reported to have said that he stood...
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I was a MP not very long ago. I loved those six years. Everyone called me sir, not because of my age but because I was a MP. And even though I never travelled...
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The question of how much to pay to our right honorable MPs is once again upon us. They have been approved a tripling of their salary and generous increases in...
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3 absurd parables about thick-skinned politics
Governments don't like uneasy questions. Criticism or suggestion is like water off a duck's back to them. What's more exasperating is how bullheaded politicians...
A civil services aspirant was just two questions away from hitting the top. The first, "Any idea what would be your first salary if selected?"...
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Mamata’s Rally Exposes The Drift In Govt
Union Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dalliance with Maoists in rural Bengal’s Lalgarh has provoked national outrage. Pictures published in nearly all leading...
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All the (political) world's a stage
Lakhbir Singh Lodhinagal is otherwise a quiet man. At least, you hardly ever hear him in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, a platform where an MLA, which he is, should...
So, just who's the MIP among ministers?
You would want to believe that Manmohan Singh, being the Prime Minister of a jumbo cabinet, is the most important person among all ministers. Not only does he...
