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Mamata Banerjee is emerging as a leading politician in India and hence my politician of choice for a review this week. She is also addressed to as ‘Didi’ by many of her followers. Unlike many other politicians, Mamata Banerjee has maintained a very humbly lifestyle and is a role model for many aspiring for a [...]

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This time when I was in Chennai, I saw a 12B bus going in front of me. I happened to notice a bunch of school kids hang out of the bus on the foot board and it was really scary. I have done this quite a few times when I was of that age, but [...]

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The Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Project has been going on for many years now and it is ready to be commissioned soon. In the past few months, there have been major protests about the safety of the neighbouring areas, if any accidents happen in the plant. The public protests have gathered momentum and they have now [...]

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Today I heard the news that Nadeem Sayed, a Right To Information (RTI) activist was killed by some unknown people in Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Nadeem was already under police protection because he was a crucial witness in the Naroda Patiya case – one of the cases filed after the 2002 Godhra riots in Gujarat. This [...]

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Happened to watch a snippet from a function attended by Rajini and Kamal, where Arattai Arangam fame, Manikandan, was invited to give a speech. I respect Rajinikanth for his simplicity and agree with the fact that the speaker pointed out that he is one of the very few artists in movie industry who attend functions [...]

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Anna Hazare is one of the top politicians in Indian politics today. I am quite sure Anna Hazare and the members of Team Anna might even not be happy about my referring to him as a ‘politician’ as they prefer calling themselves ‘Civil Society Members’ and not ‘politicians’. All said and done, lets accept the [...]

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Narendra Modi has been considered as one of the best politicians in India by many around the world. While Narendra Modi is currently the Chief Minister of Gujarat, many are expecting him to soon become the Prime Minister of India. Narendra Modi represents the BJP and has a proven track record of making Gujarat the [...]

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After five years of captivity, Gilad Shalit was set free today.  I am quite sure this will hit the top trends in searches on various websites all over the world. There has been a lot of debate on whether the swap of 1000+ prisoners in exchange for Gilad is acceptable or not, but one thing [...]

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I read a paper on ‘Why for a class of bribers, the act of giving a bribe should be treated as legal’. This paper was written by Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. This paper is available in this link. The author is focusing on a particular class of bribe [...]

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Forbes recently released a list of 68 most influential people in the world. This list is introduced by Forbes with a nice phrase saying there are 6.8 billion people in this world and here is a list of the top 68 people who are considered the most influential. While there are many popular names in [...]

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