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There are many reasons for the BJP’s drubbing at the general elections, none more important than the fact that the Party seemed completely out of touch with the times. So you would expect the current crisis in the Party to end in changes that will force it to align its image and outlook to the aspirations of a youthful country. Perish the thought. Modernising seems to be the last thing on the...
Talking about Rajya Sabha nominations, it’s that time of the year once in six years when everybody who is somebody thinks they are ‘eminent’. That’s because, at the end of August, the Rajya Sabha will have seven vacancies with the term of the nominated ‘eminent persons’ coming to an end. So you have a whole lot of people dusting and dressing up their résumés to resemble ‘eminent persons’. That...
That Pranab Mukherjee is a wily old political fox is not exactly breaking news. But here is yet another example of his shrewdness. You recall Pranabda’s Budget was panned for days because it mentioned disinvestment only in passing? Everybody piled on saying, ‘oh, there you go; this government has chickened out of divestment even though the Left got licked in the general elections’. Where will...
