I was just wondering other day why is it always compulsory to move to your hometown every election if you want to vote? Won’t it be a good idea to vote from the place where you are currently located. I remember in last Loksabha polls, Kashmiri Pandits who migrated away from Kashmir were allowe[...]
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No criminals.. Please..
I’m supporting “No criminals in Politics” campaign. During recent Social Media Summit, me and Apurva were wearing badges which said “I won’t vote for criminals”. Here’s someting about the campaign. The recent Mumbai attacks have once again highlighted the ne[...]
IPL – Indian Politics League
Last year when the first edition of IPL was launched, everyone was saying its not about only sports anymore. Its also about money now. But no one told me its also about politics along with sports and money.. Some points I don’t understand about the whole drama that happened past few days and i[...]
March 19th, 2009 - 9:13 am § in Politics, Thoughts.. Worth a thought
Politics and Social Media
With L K Advani’s massive ad campaign in social media and many politicians joining the Social Media, the need has arised to draw demarcation line between the two. I won’t be writing too much here. Just couple of basic differences. 1) Politics is about your name. The party always gives im[...]
March 5th, 2009 - 8:13 pm § in Cricket, Mumbai, News and Informative, Politics, Thoughts.. Worth a thought
Lahore and Mumbai
Do you find anything common in the Lahore attack and Mumbai attack? 1. Both were direct attacks. No planting of bombs, no hidden blasts. Just face to face. As if the terrorists are giving a message. We will hit you right on your face. What will you do? 2. Both India and Pakistan had faced many [...[...]
SlumDog Millionaire and Mumbai
In my previous post, I wrote about Mumbai being comprised of Slums, Dogs and Millionaires. Some people might prefer to disagree but I believe in this part. However, I consider I need to elaborate on it. Mumbai’s politics is basically controlled by two groups. 1st group is people who live in sl[...]
November 30th, 2008 - 11:57 pm § in Politics
And he goes
Shivraj Patil. He quit. Finally. After 7 terrorist attacks in his tenure. Or was it 8? 9 actually.. I lost the count actually. So many attacks happening in country these days.. Nothing great about he leaving actually. This was bound to happen. Only sad part is this should have been done long back. [...]
