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If polls were held today, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a mere 136 Lok Sabha seats, according to a survey done by ABP News-Nielsen. The main opposition, National Democratic Alliance, is likely to get 206 seats, while others parties will get 167 seats. Neither the UPA nor the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA will get the magic number 272 in the general elections if they were to take place today. http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6261 Just how stupid and economically illiterate Indians are, and how wise and benevolent the political class is can best be captured by a single figure, the number 66. A little over 66% of Indians, the latest Census tells us, have access to electricity; a little under 66% (63.2% actually) are able to find enough money to pay for a mobile phone each month—this figure is up from just 9.1% a decade ago; yet 66% of Indians remain so dirt poor, they need to be given 5 kg of wheat and rice... http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6260 The Chinese premier Li Keqiang's visit to India this week is a good moment to inject much-needed realism into Delhi's China policy. Through the second term of the UPA government, Delhi has allowed ideological romanticism and political timidity to overwhelm common sense in dealing with China. Worse still is the relentless mystification of Chinese policies. Consider the recent psycho-babble in Delhi about the logic behind China's Depsang intrusion. http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6259 In the sea of khadi-clad politicians at the Raj Bhavan’s glass house on Saturday, where a handful of the faithful had gathered to witness a Congress government take charge of Karnataka after a gap of nine long years, instead of the mad euphoria that marked the unexpectedly huge victory for the Congress party only days before, there was a palpable sense of unease, a sense of missed opportunities. You couldn’t put your finger on it. But there it was. http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6258 On the morning of Aug. 18, 2004, Dinesh Thakur hurried to a hastily arranged meeting with his boss at the gleaming offices of Ranbaxy Laboratories in Gurgaon, India, 20 miles south of New Delhi. It was so early that he passed gardeners watering impeccable shrubs and cleaners still polishing the lobby's tile floors. As always, Thakur was punctual and organized. He had a round face and low-key demeanor, with deep-set eyes that gave him a doleful appearance. His boss, Dr. Rajinder Kumar, Ranbaxy's head of research and development... http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6257 Cricket's secret society known for its opacity has seen many trials and tribulations over the years. Loved and reviled equally by savants and cassandras, it has finally exploded in the BCCI's face. The existence of a private cosy club within the cricket establishment had to become a problem child. A problem child which paid in spades and became a cash register for the cricket board. Why was it a problem child from the very beginning? Simply because, a parallel power centre built on the edifice of private enterprise... http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6255 The recent Chinese incursion into India, the long stand-off , the fear and fury surrounding the brazen episode and the eventual resolution once again raises an old question : What about Tibet? India's security is directly linked to Tibet, as Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile , told a Washington audience last week and he is right. "When China says that Tibet is one of the core issues, all the more (reason ) that India should say, Tibet is a core issue... http://www.lensonnews.com/leadstory.php?news_id=6254