India Retold

SKIP A MEAL FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ONE

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:05:34 PST

This is not a post. It is a call, a plea to those who have begun to read. It has been triggered by an email from IndiBlogger.There are millions of charitable organisations working for the poor all...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

SONIA, THE NEW QUEEN VICTORIA

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:27:09 PST

One did not expect Left-liberals, geographically and culturally displaced as many of them they are, to join the dots crying to be put together. But the fact that their poor cousins across the fence...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

MEDIA, AUCTIONS AND AAM ADMI

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:06:25 PST

Who was on auction yesterday and is even today? Yes, everyone knows that cricket players are being bid for and bought by owners of various IPL teams. Exciting? Sure, to some. Glamorous? You bet. Do...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

SHOULD PAKISTAN BE SAVED?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:12:43 PST

If the creation of Pakistan can be visualised as heavy snow falling on and covering upper reaches of precipitous slopes, then the calamitous avalanche that seems to have taken many by surprise, that...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

KASHMIR: NO SOLUTIONS ACROSS LOC

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:30:55 PST

There is undeniably a serious, continuing communication gap between North and South Blocks. It is almost as though they represent the views of two different governments.How else does one explain the...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

WILL EGYPT GO THE PAK WAY?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:54:45 PST

Egypt is in turmoil. A dictator is on his way out and there is great uncertainty and fear about what will happen after him. At one end of the spectrum are those who believe that after decades of...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

2012: START OF MAYA CALENDAR OR MODI?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:25:30 PST

More than 5000 years ago, the Mayans of Central America designed what is known as the Long Calendar to last 5125.36 years. It began on Aug 13, 3114 BC and will end on December 21, 2012. While some...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

ADVANI GIVES CLEAN CHITS, BJP PAYS HEAVY PRICE

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:53:27 PST

During the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, to the surprise of many, he took Sonia Gandhi's slave-appointee, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on in a direct Presidential-type fight. In doing so, he took her, his and...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

JASMINE REVOLUTION: A MIRAGE IN THE DESERT

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:06:23 PDT

The Jasmine revolution, if it can be called a revolution, has failed. As it had to. Liberty, freedom and the will of the people, ideas that the modern world holds dear and, paradoxically, that have...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

MODI'S DOUBLE BLOW HITS WHERE IT HURTS

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:40:28 PDT

Ram Guha is deeply disturbed. Narendra Modi’s power punch at the recent India Today Conclave and a visit to Ahmedabad have hit him where it really hurts, and not for the reasons he has mentioned in...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

ANNA HAZARE, LISTEN TO THE RAGE

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:48:09 PDT

Anna Hazare. Who had heard of this soldier before the Great Jantar Mantar Tantar rattled an arrogant government that thought it had everything under firm control, right from the media to the BJP?I...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

LADEN DONE, KIYANI AND CO. NEXT?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:10:12 PDT

Think of Abbottabad as Ramgarh and Khadakvasla rolled into one, with a bit of old Dehra Dun thrown in. It is as complete a military town as you can find. With two Regimental Centers, Baluch and...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

PAK ARMY, THE TERROR MONSTER

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:11:14 PDT

The obfuscations, the denials, the pretensions have gone on for far too long. For far too long the mountain of damning evidence that has been surfacing with telling regularity, steeped with the blood...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

BJP NEEDS, AND HAS, A BIG IDEA

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:12:10 PDT

Some things are best said bluntly. Yes, wise men advise that it is better to lace the truth with sugar. But there are times when sugar cannot be its own antidote. And, with much syrup being served by...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

CAN BENGAL'S DURGA BECOME LAKSHMI?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:11:25 PDT

Long after it became history elsewhere, communism has fallen in its last bastion. “Hindu” West Bengal has, at long, long last, freed itself of another foreign yoke, one that it had enthusiastically...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

INDIA AND THE SERPENT

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:10:55 PDT

India an idea, is the plasticine of a fewwho mould it as per the leader’s mindand shout from every pulpit, it’s true;freedom for them and the led blindit is, blasphemy if you call their mythor have...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

ANNA, RAMDEV: DIVIDED THEY FELL

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:30:18 PDT

Flattery can fool the best of them. What to talk of a naïve Yog Guru and a simple villager surfing into the murky, merciless world of Indian politics on the wave of popular support and truth. In...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

RSS IS THE NEW ISI, THE LATTER A FRIEND

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:31:44 PDT

RSS is the new ISI. Chetan Bhagat has hit the nail where the BJP should have but, inexplicably, hasn’t.Ever since the Congress stormed back to power in 2009, it has launched such a vicious and...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

SUNETRA HARASSED, PRANNOY, MEDIA SHAMED

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:58:15 PDT

Sunetra Chaudhury’s stunning revelation about the sexual harassment she was subjected to by a senior politician has raised issues much more disturbing than the trauma she went through and had the...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

MUMBAI ONCE MORE

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:24:32 PDT

Mumbai has been hit once more. Will be hit many times over. Given the trajectory that our leaders and policy makers have put this nation on, it not a question of whether but when another terror...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

SA'FAI' BEGINS, PURGE NEEDED

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:46:05 PDT

The whitewash, sa’fai’, of the damning Faigate revelations that have sinister implications for India, both internally and in its responses to Pakistan, has begun. And, as expected, the usual suspects...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

ANNA AWAKENS 'WE THE PEOPLE'

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:07:53 PDT

Anna is everywhere. Everyone has something to say about him. And almost no one has read the anti-corruption Jan Lok Pal Bill (JLPB) they are supporting or savaging. The debate, therefore, is, for...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

INDIAN DEMOCRACY: CHANGE IS HERE

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:33:26 PDT

Well before Change arrives, discrete signs of the impending tumult start appearing, with increasing frequency and magnitude. Unfortunately, it is often in hindsight that seemingly stray straws are...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

ADVANI'S VYARTH YATRA

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:32:57 PDT

It is not Sonia Gandhi alone who has returned to a changed India after spending five weeks at an undisclosed location for an unknown surgery. Lal Krishna Advani too is in the same boat, despite...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.

MODI ON HIS WAY TO ACCOMPLISHING 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE'

noreply@blogger.com (Vinod_Sharma) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:15:22 PDT

Men are often put through fire by the Gods. Ordinary men are consumed or burnt by it; a chosen few emerge from it cleansed, purified and strengthened, and rise to meet the great demands that Destiny...

An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.