If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Let’s not confuse a power grab with ideological battles
Reading prominent political commentators it would appear that the current factional fights in BJP are about ideology: On one side are the ”moderates” led by the likes of Jaswant Singh and [...]
Too much money!
Retributions has previously argued that focusing on development or reward for surrender schemes in Maoist affected areas will be ineffective in absence of security as it is simply too lucrative to be a Maoist these days. How lucrative? The Times of India estimates that the extortion and drug smuggling earns the Maoists close [...]
Some consistency please?
So yesterday we heard from Aakar Patel why Britishers had left India six decades too early. Mr Patel explained, with great delight it appeared, how if only the Britishers had stayed around a few years more, things in India would have been much better. Indeed, if Mr Patel is to be believed, the [...]
He is getting there, folks!
As reports come in of increasing closeness of Pranab Mukherjee led Congress party and Communists in Bengal, Prakash Karat has made a significant statement,
“I can’t rule it out, but it seems unlikely,” party General Secretary Prakash Karat told a TV channel when he was repeatedly asked about the possibility of Left [...]
The agreement between Mamta Bannerjee and the West Bengal government had riased much hopes. But even before the ink has dried, multiple interpretations of the agreement have emerged. After TATAs expressed distress over the agreement and reiterated their threat to pull out, the government has reassured the company that the project area will not be [...]
A scripted drama
This blog has argued that Communists are trying to convey to the Congress party that they would not be averse to doing business with the BJP if they don’t get their way on the nuclear deal. The Comments of Biman Bose should be seen in this light,
The Left never subscribed to the communal [...]
And why it will fail
While the nation’s attention has been focused has been on the nuclear deal and the shenanigans of the SP duo, Pranab Mukherjee, the government’s chief troubleshooter has largely escaped scrutiny. Rajinder Puri speculates on his role,
Had the trust vote been taken after the deal was clinched in the normal schedule the [...]
The next general elections will decide Left’s place in Indian polity
The Left has finally withdrawn its support to the UPA government. As Saubhik Chakrabarti had suggested in a recent op-ed, the Left simply failed to the understand the rules of the political market. End Result: The government is likely to last its full term. And [...]
After an hour long conversation with the former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the Samajwadi duo has come out openly in favor of the nuclear deal. As Offstumped suggests, its a rare occasion when political and national interest converge. How long will the new found bonhomie between Congress and SP will last and whether it will [...]
So what is the new game?
Recently, there have been some report of a reapproachment between the Samajwadi party (SP) and the Congress. Pushed to the wall after their unceremonious exit in the last year’s UP poll, the SP duo has been attempting to align them self with the Congress. In turn, the Congress has realized [...]
