DailyPost 2319 A LURKNG GHOST… There is a ghost lurking everywhere or so it seems. Indian politics has been a land of machinations of unknown varieties, very few of it, comes to light. What comes to light with great difficulty is generally dealt with a lurking ghost theory. Most politicians and parties have perfected this […]
DailyPost 2311 PARTIALITY OF POLICE Is partiality of the police a fact of life? Or is just created by vested interests as put an institution in a tight corner. The fact of matter is that over and over again, the police have been alleged to be partisan, in a variety of ways. How much of
DailyPost 2305 LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENTS – WHERE IS THE EXPERTISE? Expertise can translate into deliverables if there is a will. If the expertise itself is missing then nothing will get delivered whatever come may, any quantum of political and bureaucratic will cannot make it happen. Unfortunately, more often than not, that is also missing. Do
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DailyPost 2300 LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY VS JUDICIAL SCRUTINY Parliament is sovereign and supreme is the truism of parliamentary democracy. The laws passed by the parliament are the laws of the land, which truly depicts the role it plays in our existence. The laws thus passed should be robust, which means it should stand the test of
DailyPost 2296 LOGISTICS OF POLITICS What do politicians and the political executive understand of and have expertise in when it comes to logistics? Logistics in a liberal way can be used for the organization of any political jamboree. The variety of jamboree of all us are familiar with; from the reception of leader to the
DailyPost 2295 YATRA, YATRIS, POLITICS, DEMOCRACY & INDIA Politics in India is still represented by old world tools and methods, notwithstanding the digital penetration and the bandwidth it provides for day-to-day politicking and more so for the elections. It is still treated as flimsy tool when the going gets tough and the adversary uses the
DailyPost 2293 PAPER GOVERNANCE – AN ENCROACHED NATION! Finding a village where there is no encroachment, where the land records match with that on the ground would be the eighth wonder of the world. The various dimensions of encroachment / dispute, the country has been facing since its independent existence and even before that. The
DailyPost 2284 UNACCOUNTABILITY INC. While the politicians are famed to be unaccountable and have an uncanny knack of getting away with every idiosyncrasy they indulge in, what about India Inc.? I have been putting a hypothetical scenario to India Inc. for a long time, that if Lokpal and Right to Information legally extends its ambit
DailyPost 2281 FIXATED TO ONE SUCCESS Achieve on success in this country; competitive, academic, political, financial, professional or anything that can be declared as success and you have arrived good. Given the prevalent culture in this country and the grooming which all of us are a part of, the person concerned also feels the same
DailyPost 2279 THE ADVERTISEMENT WAR That one day democracy would be turned into an open arena of advertisements, in different forms, ways, and displays was beyond anybody’s imagination. The wining over hearts and minds of people have literally got into undemocratic way in the conventional use of the term and democratic practice. Advertisements keep on
DailyPost 2277 PURCHASING POLITICAL INFLUENCE Of all the things sold in this world, the most complicated purchase would be a service known political influence. What the purchase will finally deliver no one knows, by going by the track record is has always delivered well. What politics can deliver for business and what business can deliver
