Seattle, after 188 days of miserable weather, is sunny and warm and I’ve been immersed in Indian elections on Indian Channels. Being a US citizen, and having been away for a very long time, my interest in India may sound academic or voyeuristic, but its neither. It’s affection, it’s love. So even if I am [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 17, 2009
Congratulations Rahul Gandhi
The courage to go alone in UP, the 100,000 kilometers of campaigning, the “mitti kha loonga” speech, the ballsy brainy admission that the Congress Party needs to connect with India at grassroots level and is an organization needing a face lift are hallmarks of a leader – and instead of retaliating with vitriol to the [...]
May 11, 2009
Indian 66%
66% of Indian population is under 35 – www.youthportal.gov.in/statistics/demographicdetails.htm
So why is that not reflected in the candidates contesting current elections? I mean why isn’t the ideology or the idealism of youth – hope, change, ambition, courage and things like that – reflected in the current crop of contenders who still carry dynastic lineages, criminal [...]
May 11, 2009
Infomercial Gurus
Somethings defy commonsense – India’s obsession with Gurus is one of those. Superstition in this day and age being the other.
Bombay Stock Exchange listed Aastha Broadcasting Network (AABR.BO) calls itself “India’s No. 1 socio-spiritual-cultural television channel”. I found yesterday that it charges 5,000 Pounds (they do not bill in dollars) per month for the 30 [...]
May 6, 2009
To Mr. Obama
Dear Mr. Obama What took you so long to get to the White House? I guess I am wishing you were born earlier and live forever.
For years we’ve been raped and exploited by Wall Street and their ilk who promised us that if they took away our jobs and gave them to the Chinese and [...]
