A tweet of mine from May 14th: Pakistani PM: Nawaz Sharif Indian PM: Na–Aawaz Na–Sharif — Atanu Dey (@atanudey) May 14, 2013 Don’t know the source.
May 18, 2013
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A tweet of mine from May 14th: Pakistani PM: Nawaz Sharif Indian PM: Na–Aawaz Na–Sharif — Atanu Dey (@atanudey) May 14, 2013 Don’t know the source.
July 6, 2012
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The contrast between Narendra Modi and Manmohan Singh is stark and blindingly obvious.
January 17, 2012
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Sometimes looking at the way the government does things one wonders whether the lunatics are running the loony bin. But perhaps the truth is not funny at all, and more horrifying: the people running the country are not crazy but … Continue reading
October 28, 2011
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I have mentioned the basic laws of human stupidity enunciated by Prof Cipolla before on this blog. For your convenience, I repeat the basic laws here:
September 29, 2011
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The answer to that question is very clear to our dear Dr Subramanian Swamy, president of the Janata Party. For those of us who have had a keen interest in the appointed prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s cabinet, it seems … Continue reading
July 19, 2011
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Madhu Kishwar writing in OutlookIndia.com says, “I fail to understand why almost every commentator, every TV anchor, every editorial writer feels compelled to pay ritual obeisance to the “personal honesty and integrity” of Dr Manmohan Singh.” I note that Madhu … Continue reading
July 6, 2011
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Dr Manmohan Singh is a despicably dishonest man. The Supreme Court is slowly realizing that. [Hat tip: Santosh.]
March 16, 2011
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As some of you have already pointed out, I have been focusing on public corruption in India a bit too much. A recent comment motivates me to explain my seeming obsession with the appointed prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and … Continue reading
March 10, 2011
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IndianExpress.com reports that “Three official letters — one written by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in 2008, and two by the Kerala government in 2006 and 2008 — suggest the palmolein case against P J Thomas had come to … Continue reading
February 15, 2011
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Why is Dr Manmohan Singh the perfect ventriloquist’s dummy? Because he has no guts and no spine, which makes it easy for the hand up his behind to control him.
February 10, 2011
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There’s something fascinating about the Congress party which is only infrequently noted. It’s a party of sycophants and brown-nosers. The better a person is at bending, bowing, scraping, groveling, and sucking up to the members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, the … Continue reading
February 8, 2011
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If you have a sense of deja vu reading the title of this post, don’t worry. That appears to be most apt description of the man (and I use the word loosely), with each new multi-lakh crore scam coming out … Continue reading
February 7, 2011
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India’s present predicament can be fully ascribed to the flawed policies of those who guided India’s destiny since 1947. The person most notable among the lot that set India along a disastrous path is Jawaharlal Nehru. Scores of places, institutions, … Continue reading
January 13, 2011
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I am torn between contempt and pity for the small man that Dr Manmohan Singh is. Does the man have no shame? Do guts? No spine? Apparently there’s nothing in him that is of any value. He traded in his … Continue reading
December 15, 2010
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We pretty much know how despicable Dr Manmohan Singh is. I struggle inexpertly to express my contempt for him on these pages. The contempt I feel for him arises from the certain knowledge that much of what the hundreds of … Continue reading
December 14, 2010
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That’s my conclusion. YMMV. Ashok Malik wrote a piece in Hindustan Times, “Modi Operandi.” While the title is too clever by half, you should check it out. An excerpt below the fold.
December 12, 2010
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The Copernican Revolution. In the Western tradition, the idea that the sun revolves around the earth — geocentrism — is known as the Ptolemaic model. It was a notion that led people to explain astronomical observations such as the movements … Continue reading
November 1, 2010
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I should apologize for being a lazy bum. Otherwise I would have responded sooner to some of the comments that need a response to my post “Arundhati Roy is a Damn Nuisance.” Anyhow, better late than never. So, first, a … Continue reading
October 1, 2010
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My post, A few home truths for Indians, did not go down too well with some. They don’t like my pointing out the fact that the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty has been India’s primary curse, and one commenter apparently believes in shooting … Continue reading
June 2, 2010
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Mohan Murti writing in Business Line of May 31 asks “Is the nation in a coma?” I think so. The nation’s leaders are dishonest, corrupt, venal, and criminal. Yet the citizens don’t seem to know or care. The most telling … Continue reading