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NARENDRA MODI BREAKS THE MANDAL BARRIER
Marathon man Narendra Modi began his record breaking campaign for the 2014 general elections across India. This will take Modi’s quest for the Prime Minister’s job arguably to its most crucial battlegrounds. While UP and Bihar are going to see multi-cornered battles in 2014, other states in north and west have a straight fight with…
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NARENDRA MODI FOR 2014: AN ANALYSIS
It is time to take a rational look at the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, coming up in about 100 days. It is indeed a different election than all those fought in the last six-plus decades. Without a doubt it is going to be a fight between the Narendra Modi-led BJP versus the others. The “others” comprises a long list– a faceless Congress, the Communist Party, other regional parties like, SP, BSP,…
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Jamshetjee Nussarwanjee Tata : builder of Modern India !!
The Prime Minister’s Office will soon issue commemorative coins in honor of Jamshetji Nussserwanji Tata to mark his 175th birth anniversary. Jamshetji Tata will be the first industrialist to be felicitated by the Indian government in such a manner. Previously, the government had honored Jamshetji by releasing postal stamps – one in 1958 and another…
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Chhath Puja (छठ पर्व, सुर्य षष्ठी)
Missing my mother today, mai as we call her in Bhojpuri. Mai resides in Jamshedpur (part of erstwhile Bihar, now in Jharkhand) and even after much dissuasion she has not stopped performing chhatth puja though not in the best of her health for the last 3-4 years. She is now in her 70th year observing chhath at my brother’s place in…
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2014 KEY BATTLEGROUNDS – UP AND BIHAR
Narendra Modi began his campaign for the 2014 general elections in Uttar Pradesh and its neighboring state, Bihar. This will take Modi’s quest for the Prime Minister’s job arguably to its most crucial battlegrounds. UP and Bihar are going to see multi-cornered battles in 2014. Together, these states account for 120 seats, which translate to…
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The Grand Cover Up ….
No one can deny the impact of our main stream media, viz., NDTV, CNN-IBN, Headline Today, IBN-7 and other Saas bahu, comedy circus channels like ABP News, Zee News, Sabse tez Aaz Tak, and the Tehelka India TV. All these Oxymorons are anonymous colleagues !! But the irony is for them India starts from Delhi…
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