Presenting the president of Egypt, the dictator and the winner of Jawaharlal Nehru Award- Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak has ruled Egypt for 29 years now. He is the same guy who was paid $20 billion by the USA when he sent forces to Iraq in the 1991 war. Yes he is the same corrupt man. He is the same guy who supports Israel blindly. These days, he is in the front page of almost every newspaper due to the recent civil protests. My regular readers must be wondering if, for a change, I have started writing on World politics? Well, the answer is no. I was setting the stage for the Hosni Mubarak in India. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
The drumroll performance of our MPs
Recently PRS (a website where you can track your MPs) published its list of activity of the MPs in Lok Sabha. They evaluate the performance of our MPs on the basis of the number of debates they have participated in, number of bills introduced by them and the number of questions they have raised. Here is the entire downloadable document. This document reflects how much interest our leaders take in local or national problems. The results are intriguing, indeed. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Celebrating 154 years of Calcutta university
A few days back, the university of Calcutta celebrated its 154th anniversary. Simple it may sound, but this university is a living testament of the glory the city Calcutta holds. The University of Calcutta is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It has produced 4 Nobelists, more than any other Indian university- Ronald Ross, Rabindra Nath Tagore, C. V. Raman and Amartya Sen. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economy, Education, Philosophy, Politics
Lowering the minimum age for voting
I recently read that the minimum age for voting in India was 21. It was only in 1988, when we amended our constitution to lower the Voting Age from 21 to 18. Since then, I’ve been wondering. Is there a link between the minimum age of voting and its impact on political standards? Continue reading
Family-business of democracy
Recently Shiv Sena was passed to Aditya Thackeray. Just like his grandfather Balasaheb Thackeray had passed it to his father Uddhav. Aditya drew a sword out and held it high. He had been handed inheritance of, not the sword, but a political party, and this was his response. Thus, a political party in the world’s largest democracy was handed over. Continue reading
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 