FTI has a strong disciplinary process but we did not have the kind of resources (and vision, perhaps) to propose a private Lokpal. I'm delighted to hear that Arvind has created an Internal Lokpal for his party. I'd like to suggest that he institutionalise this Lokpal. I dislike the idea of a government funded Lokpal. […]
Category: Current Affairs
I’m now getting really angry with Islam. Please stop the Taliban at once.
I'd like to keep on public record my deep frustration and anger at Islam – a religion that seems to have NO HUMANITY AT ALL. My comment on Facebook: I'm sick beyond imagination with these alleged Muslims. If this is what adherents of Islam constantly do, I'm afraid I'm going to have to consider a […]
The “young” man Rahul Gandhi – 100 per cent addicted to corruption – sees other as addicted to drugs
Came across this: "Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed seven out of 10 youths in Punjab have a drug problem" [Source]. This is self-explanatory. […]
Manmohan Singh should resign. He doesn’t know that Congress is SUPER-CORRUPT?
I'm shocked, ashamed, and embarrassed to read that MMS has been trying to defend Congress. I didn't realise he had thrown a challenge that "he would resign if even "an iota of truth" was found in the activists' allegations." […]
Brilliant! The world’s poorest country’s “prosperity” is fuelling food inflation
I do hope Raghuram Rajan will not waste his time in India like Kaushik Basu did. I wrote to him a few weeks ago, introducing myself and suggesting we need serious reforms, but there was no response. Very busy man. No time to discuss reforms. His first media conference was not very promising at all. […]
FDI is merely one per cent; the tip of the iceberg of reforms needed in India
Came across an article by article by Sajjid Chinoy of J.P. Morgan that outlines the benefits of FDI but also points out (rightly) that this is only the tip of the reform imperative. Take the case of multibrand FDI. With food inflation averaging a staggering 10 per cent over the last seven years why haven’t we seen a supply response? Put differently, if the terms of trade have finally turned so decisively in favour of agriculture — and away from industry — why haven’t we seen more investment? […]
China deserves every bit of its success. I congratulate its leaders. But shame on India.
A few paras from an article in The Australian, today (by an experienced senior businessman who was former chairman of Deutsche Bank, the Australian Securities Exchange and the ABC), caught my attention: I AM just back from Beijing. Its scale, amenity and civility are extraordinarily impressive, especially for a metropolis of 20 million people. It […]
Much ado about nothing. The Hazare-Kejriwal “anti-corruption” fiasco.
Anna Hazare is a shrewd political strategist. He consciously exploited the esteem in which Mahatma Gandhi is held in India to raise his own image in the public mind. Behind the stage during his fast, he put up a MASSIVE photo of Gandhi. I objected sternly to this (in an old blog post). For Anna […]