Category: Amuly’s Corner
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Ministers, Mandarins Spoil Modi Magic
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The daily stumbles of ministers like Smrithi Irani and mandarins are attracting greater attention than Modi’s achievement….writes Amulya Ganguli So, even as the economy is certified by the Reserve Bank governor to be on the mend, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to take the country into a digital age with more e-governance, it…
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People retain hope in Modi
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People retain hope in Modi, but time’s running out. One year is not a long enough to give a definitive judgment on the performance of a government, especially when it is emerging from the black hole of the failures of its predecessor… says eminent columnist Amulya Ganguli while reviewing the one year of Modi government for Asian Lite, best newspaper…
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SONIA: A ramshackle alliance and a missing son
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Why Rahul Gandhi decided to a take a break, recalling his earlier periodic slumming in Dalit households, will not be clear till he breaks his silence. But, as of now, some of the effects of his absence are becoming clear. The most obvious of them is that Sonia Gandhi has had to return to active politics to…
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OBIT: Saeed Naqvi on late Vinod Mehta
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Vinod Mehta, A Prince among journalists…writes Saeed Naqvi Vinod Mehta would have been flabbergasted. He would never have expected such a turnout at his funeral – the most powerful politicians, journalists, writers, cartoonists, artists, everybody except… well, in that exception possibly lay the secret of his success. The fixers and their patrons were not there. The…
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Dirty politics in Aam Aadmi Party ?
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Surprise will be felt because it was believed that the party had learnt the right lessons from the suicidal tendencies which it displayed after its electoral success last year. The need for piping down was evident from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s call for eschewing arrogance during his speech after being sworn-in…writes Amulya Ganguli For the Aam…