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(CHAKRA) It did not take long for news agencies (Samaa TV, ARY and others) in Pakistan to start pointing fingers at India, PM Narendra Modi, and Hindutva, as the Karachi Airport attack began (see Exhibit A). Not only did the Pakistani journalists blame India for the attack, but so did noted terrorist supremo, Hafiz Muhammad […]
(CHAKRA Blogs) February 12, 2014 was one of the worst days in the history of Indian democracy. A ruling party in Delhi resorted to a strange type of vote bank politics which was unheard of in Independent & Republic India. Last year, Kejriwal had asked citizens of Delhi to protest “by not paying electricity bills” […]
(CHAKRA) The 2014 Indian National elections are around the corner and many people are wondering what makes a person vote for the BJP vs. the INC vs. AAP. Over the last 50 years the INC (Indian National Congress) party has been the 800-lb gorilla with the BJP (Bharatya Janata Party) always trailing behind. In 2013, […]
By N. Rustgi (CHAKRA Blogs) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is currently the 2nd largest national party in India and the current opposition government. There are hundreds of political parties in India, but most operate within individual States and are broken to target specific communities. The BJP’s name means ‘Indian People Party’ when translated in English […]
Question: What do the following three instances have in common? Instance 1: The Sensex has fallen to an eleven month low, and the free falling Rupee shows no signs of a rebound. Moreover, soaring prices in food grains has hurt household budgets. Inflation goes unchecked. Instance 2: From April 15 to May 5, a platoon of the […]
By Thomas Cherian In a single week there have been two high profile cases where girls were brutally raped, stabbed as even set on fire. The first case occurred in Uttar Pradesh (UP) where a college student of a specific religion was invited over by a Muslim boy named Irfan where him and his friends […]
By Dr. O. P. Sudrania | When should a moral responsibility be fixed? “The audit report does not directly indict the Prime Minister or his office. But during the time these mining blocks in question were allotted, the coal portfolio was held by him — between July 2004 and May 2009.” A Media spin…dated 21 […]
By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant, VSM FICCI is a powerful entity and its women’s wing wields more political and economic power than the main body. At their Annual General Meeting, Narendra bhai Modi was the Chief Guest on Monday, 8th July 2013. The sessiom was so successful that everyone connected with it was patting his or […]
By Janice C. (CHAKRA) In 2013, the prestigious school of Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania had its annual Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF). The event organizers invited Narendra Modi to be their keynote speaker via live telecast, but due to later cancelled his invitation due to pressure from non-Wharton staff with opinionated and furious bias of […]
Dr. O. P. Sudrania India has been rocked from time and again especially after the UPA II came in power again in 2009. There has been a spate of scandals involving even the satrap’s office viz. PMO (Prime Minister’s Office). The magnitude of fiscal involvements are mind boggling, to the tune of lacs of crores […]