Indian Interests

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 07 Sep 2011 08:25

More selling of family silver

http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.a ... leID=37008

India Approves 1,719 Mining Projects on Forest Lands

Sep 6, 2011 3:58 AM By Dilipp S Nag
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RAPAPORT... India has approved 1,719 applications so far to undertake mining and prospecting of diamond and gold across approximately 142,135 hectares of forest land. The use of the forest lands for non-forest purposes, requires prior approval of the Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, Jayanthi Natarajan, the minister of state for environment and forests stated in Lok Sabha Monday. The government approvals are generally subjected to fulfillment of certain general and standard conditions, among others.

Rio Tinto Exploration India Private Ltd., which has been granted some approvals, seeks an extension period for drilling an additional 143 bore holes for prospecting of diamond in 2,329.75 hectares of forest land located in Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

National Mineral Development Corporation has received an ''in-principle approval'' on its renewal proposal for mining leases involving 74.018 hectares forest land for its diamond mining project in Madhya Pradesh, the sole diamond producing state in the country.

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 07 Sep 2011 08:27

^^^ On the same note also see this article - Jayanti now made it all legal

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/police-fiddl ... 721-3.html

Shehla had also written letters to Union Environmental Minister Jayanti Natrajan against illegal diamond mining in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

The letter from Shehla to Jayanti Natrajan was written as recently as July 25, 2011. Shehla in this letter wrote that she was in the process of corroborating facts that the collector of Chhatarpur had allowed illegal mining.

In the letter, she also said a PIL to this effect had been filed against Rio Tinto and that two collectors were removed from the district after they refused to allow illegal mining.

Shehla had written similar letters to two MPs Anant Gangaram Geete, and Jeetendra Singh Bundela.

The letters were written on the letter heads of an NGO Udai of which Shehla was the president. The NGO was formed in 2004 but had moved towards wild life conservation only recently.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 07 Sep 2011 09:10

From India Today, December 2008
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10 Smartest Political Moves

1. Janata Party coalition unites against Indira Gandhi, March 1977

2. Mrs. Gandhi refuses bail in October 1977

3. Congress chooses Rajiv Gandhi to succeed Indira

4. V. P. Singh props up Devi Lal, becomes PM in November 1990

5. Chandra Sekhar is PM with 56 MPs.

6. Advani's Rath Yatra, December 1990

7. Rao becomes PM

8. Rao chooses Manmohan as FM

9. Sonia rejects post of PM

10. Mayawati's social engineering.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 08 Sep 2011 04:17

Indian Deobandis:
http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/07/tr ... -activism/

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 08 Sep 2011 08:11

Muslims now worse off, says expert

kumarn · Post by **kumarn** » 08 Sep 2011 13:35

What is it with Indian leaders ceding territory? I read somewhere that we ceded part of manipur and coco island to burma. We are ceding territory to bangadesh now. Before that nehru ji vrtually ceded aksai chin to china saying its of no value.

Now I learn we had ceded an island to Sri lanka as Kachativu agreement!! Kaun bacha??? Do they think they can buy friendship by ceding territory? How stupid can that be? Each of these gifts given are now pita for India.

Even I know that if you let your neighbor, say open windows in your plot, sooner or later they will start throwing garbage inside your plot seeing it as virtually theirs. What is about our netas who are so cunning when it comes to domestic affairs become so stupid when dealing with neighboring states?

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 09 Sep 2011 09:12

From the book "Munshi Premchand: A Literary Biography"

Premchand's early schooling was in a neighboring village to which he went whenever he was in Lamhi.

As in most Kayastha families, his early education was in Urdu and Persian. The teacher was a maulvi who, in fact, was a tailor and did teaching work only incidentally.

I don't understand why Hindu families studied Persian/Urdu?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 09 Sep 2011 09:14

The key is Kayastha families. Their peshi was a scribe to Mughals. And Persian and Urdu were the languages of the court.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 12 Sep 2011 07:48

From India Today, December 2008

10 Catchy Political Party Slogans

10 quotes that said it all

10 things better left unsaid

kumarn · Post by **kumarn** » 12 Sep 2011 12:04

The babri structure episode under PVNR destroyed the muslim vote-bank for the kangrez. The lokpal agitation under MMS would drive away the middle-class youth votes from the kangrez for a long time to come. Unfortunately there is no other alternative. So we are going to see a repeat of post PVNR instability with the likes of the humble farmer gracing the lal quilla. With the chinis and pakhanis spoiling for a fight, as per gurus in other dhagas, I fear for desh.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 13 Sep 2011 22:49

Husky of IF quoted Cicero:

(Marcus Tullius) Cicero:
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."

In Telugu there is a saying:

In Telugu there is saying "Inti donga nu ishwaradu aina pattaledu!" Even Ishwara cant catch a house thief( a traitor)!

R_Kumar · Post by **R_Kumar** » 13 Sep 2011 23:15

abhishek_sharma wrote:From India Today, December 2008
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10 Smartest Political Moves

9. Sonia rejects post of PM

Its a big lie. She didn't reject, she got rejected by Dr. Kalam.

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 15 Sep 2011 03:42

^^^ Just read that Kanchi Illaiah's book with immense hatred towards Hindus - why I am not a hindu - was supported by the Rajiv Gandhi foundation.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 15 Sep 2011 16:34

Sonia Gandhi's Photograph removed by George Fernandes

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 15 Sep 2011 16:57

Jarita wrote:^^^ Just read that Kanchi Illaiah's book with immense hatred towards Hindus - why I am not a hindu - was supported by the Rajiv Gandhi foundation.

So the Congress sponsors hate Literature against Hindus. Quite frankly there seems to be a contradiction between voting for COngress or being a part of the Congress and Being a Hindu, you can only be one.

sanjeevpunj · Post by **sanjeevpunj** » 15 Sep 2011 19:20

Now the INC led GOI has increased petrol prices yet again by Rs 3. Here are some comparisons of petrol prices.

USA - USD 0.97 per litre or nearly INR Rs 50/- per lLtre.
UAE - AED 1.48 per litre, or nearly INR Rs 19/- per Litre.
Pakistan- 83.56 Pakistani Rs per litre, or INR Rs 45.27 per Litre.
India - (latest in Delhi)INR Rs 63.7 per Litre and around Rs 74.50/= per litre in Bengaluru.
Turkey - over Rs 100 per Litre.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 15 Sep 2011 19:45

sanjeevpunj wrote:Now the INC led GOI has increased petrol prices yet again by Rs 3. Here are some comparisons of petrol prices.

USA - USD 0.97 per litre or nearly INR Rs 50/- per lLtre.
UAE - AED 1.48 per litre, or nearly INR Rs 19/- per Litre.
Pakistan- 83.56 Pakistani Rs per litre, or INR Rs 45.27 per Litre.
India - (latest in Delhi)INR Rs 63.7 per Litre.
Turkey - over Rs 100 per Litre.

Thats a wrong comparison, Delhi petrol is much cheaper than most of India. To do a correct comparison, please put price of Petrol in Bengaluru which was Rs. 70 before increase and should now be Rs. 73.

sanjeevpunj · Post by **sanjeevpunj** » 16 Sep 2011 00:24

^^^Added Bengaluru price at 74.50/=

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 16 Sep 2011 23:14

Russian and Indian experts discuss global threats and challenges
http://indrus.in/articles/2011/09/16/ru ... 13008.html

Opening the forum, which took place in Moscow on 12–13 September, Vyacheslav Nikonov, managing director of the 'Russkiy Mir' (Russian World) Foundation, said that we live in a fast-changing and increasingly unstable world. In his opinion, one of the key factors behind the instability is the current economic crisis, from which the world has not yet emerged. The slowdown of the world’s leading economies, above all the USA and the European Union, makes the appearance of new crisis zones more likely than in the previous decade. Now these include not only the Middle East, but also North Africa, as well as the USA and Europe.
European Union members, suffers from too much bureaucratic government. A serious recent challenge to Europe is the crisis of the multicultural model, the failure of which has been admitted by the leaders of the main European democracies – France, Germany and Great Britain. But whether the multi-cultural model is dead or, as witnessed by the Indian example, it merely does not work in the European countries alone, remains to be seen, Nikonov believes.
The head of the Russian World Fund regional programmes, Georgy Toloraya, stressed the importance of creating a new global security architecture and the relevant interaction mechanisms.spoke about the common agenda items for India and Russia. In his opinion, there are four substantial problems, two global and two regional, which are equally important for Russia and India. It is in these spheres that interaction should be established above all. Russia and India must coordinate their policies on the Afghan-Pakistan problem. In Dubinin’s view, neither Russia nor India relishes the prospect of non-regional forces gaining a foothold in that part of the world. At the same time, if the coalition forces withdraw from Afghanistan, the situation in the region causes serious concern. The policy with regard to Iran, another strong player in the region, also needs to be coordinated. The global threats that require cooperation include terrorism (as well as piracy) and Western attempts to demonise China, which is a BRICS partner of Russia and India.

( Multi cultural Model's failure is caused by Isiam and islam alone)

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 17 Sep 2011 14:27

Not sure where this fits in but posting here:

Manmohan tries to plug leaking cabinet

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is more concerned about the leaks regarding secret Cabinet meetings than the Opposition’s attack on him in Parliament. For the past few months, informal discussions on important issues have been finding their way not only to prominent Opposition leaders but also to TV news channels. The Prime Minister is already peeved over the public display of differences between senior ministers on various issues. Since the Government was under severe attack for its inability to handle graft, a couple of over-enthusiastic ministers mooted the idea of enforcing news guidelines. One suggestion was to impose a time limit on advertisements and mass agitations. A legislation to prevent cross-ownership of various news platforms was also suggested. While there was no formal decision on the formation of an Empowered Group of Ministers, a minister immediately sounded out friendly Opposition leaders. The move to muzzle the media through a regulatory authority were made known to select journalists and BJP leaders; when the news broke, the embarrassed Government beat a hasty retreat. It has also come to the PMO’s notice that a couple of ministers were spotted lunching with Opposition leaders in the south Indian restaurant of a five-star hotel soon after, or on the eve, of Cabinet meetings. They run key ministries, which decide the fate of mega projects. Premature leakages of the Government’s move have given opponents a political advantage. Outsiders know the

details of the agenda even before it reaches the

Cabinet, as well as of Cabinet notes. The PMO is now evolving ways and means to plug these leaks. To begin with, the Cabinet Secretary will be directed to ensure that those ministers who aren’t entitled to attend a full-fledged Cabinet meeting don’t stay on after their item on the agenda is dealt with. As per rule, all Cabinet ministers are expected to leave their agenda papers on the table after the meeting is over. But many carry them back. The Cabinet Secretary will now keep a count of numbered copies. In addition, the Prime Minister himself will monitor all media coverage on Cabinet proceedings to spot habitual leakers. Since some of them claim proximity to 10 Janpath, Manmohan will have to walk the extra mile to either contain them or get rid of them.

No Urgency for Core Group Meet

Though Congress President Sonia Gandhi is back after her successful surgery, she didn’t attend the party’s core group meeting held last week. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided to hold it at his residence the day after terror struck the Delhi High Court, instead of calling an emergency sitting on last Wednesday’s terror attacks. Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister A K Antony, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and political adviser to the Congress President, Ahmed Patel, attended. Besides discussing the terror attack, the group also confabulated on the confrontation between the BJP and the UPA over the appointment of a Lokayukta in Gujarat. But some of the Congress leaders are surprised over the delay on the Prime Minister’s part to convene a meeting on terror soon after his arrival from Dhaka on September 7. He had landed in New Delhi by early evening, and various officials in the Home Ministry, Cabinet Secretary and intelligence agencies were kept waiting for a possible review meeting. But the call never came. However, the home minister had briefed the Prime Minister when Manmohan was still in Bangladesh.

Teesta Fiasco Endangers NSA

The relationship between the Prime Minister and a chief minister is a sensitive one. It has now acquired much more importance in view of coalition compulsions. Chief ministers are becoming more powerful than the Prime Minister. The recent fiasco over the Teesta water allocation to Bangladesh has exposed the disconnect between the PMO and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had disclosed that Banerjee was fully involved in finalising the agreement. On the other hand, Didi made it clear that the final draft was at variance with what was approved by her. Then who is responsible for the embarrassing miscommunication? National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon is the usual suspect. He had met Banerjee a couple of times to discuss the finer points of the agreement. Now, both the Congress and Trinamool leaders feel that Menon exceeded his brief and was pushing his own agenda. Since Menon is the Prime Minister’s most trusted adviser, he has often been found wanting in striking a balance between political compulsions and diplomatic concessions. He has been blamed for ignoring national and state elements while drafting statements and agreements. Earlier, for the Sharm el-Sheikh fiasco—the joint Indo-Pak statement on delinking terror from dialogue and Baluchistan—he had to be reprimanded for including a few phrases which were against the spirit of the dialogue. Recently, his overt eagerness for a dialogue with Pakistan hasn’t been taken kindly by the Congress leadership. Not surprisingly, the voices seeking his resignation are getting louder.

More Politics Please, It’s the PMO

With National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon on a sticky wicket, the PMO is under heavy pressure to re-examine the role of his office. Congress leaders are peeved with the dominance of officers drawn from the Indian Foreign Service in the PMO. According to insiders, Menon wasn’t alone in drafting the aborted Teesta water agreement with Bangladesh. Another IFS officer who claims expertise over geographical history aided him. Now the party wants people with political grounding to advise the Prime Minister. Manmohan has already appointed Pulok Chatterjee, a Gandhi loyalist, as his principal secretary, replacing TKA Nair who has been elevated to adviser. Chatterjee is likely to join on October 4. Contrary to popular perception that Chatterjee stayed back in New York to look after the Congress president, he was holidaying in another country and planning the wedding of his daughter before he plunges into his new high-voltage job. But he is unlikely to have the full run of the PMO his predecessor enjoyed. Manmohan has decided that Nair, a Singh loyalist, will reign supreme over a Gandhi loyalist.

Problem with MMS is that he uses the Laissez faire approach

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 17 Sep 2011 21:05

Rony wrote:Sonia Gandhi's Photograph removed by George Fernandes

George Fernandes: "gori hai iss liye?"

Can't decide on the emoticon!

He shouldn't have made it a race issue. It demeans George!

derkonig · Post by **derkonig** » 18 Sep 2011 18:12

George Fernandes seems to be in much better health now, a few years ago he wasn't even able to speak coherently. The country needs his fighting spirit.

shivajisisodia · Post by **shivajisisodia** » 18 Sep 2011 18:30

RajeshA wrote:
Rony wrote:Sonia Gandhi's Photograph removed by George Fernandes
George Fernandes: "gori hai iss liye?"

Can't decide on the emoticon!

He shouldn't have made it a race issue. It demeans George!

Sorry RajeshA sab. I happen to totally agree with George.

Sen_K · Post by **Sen_K** » 19 Sep 2011 06:16

India’s Central Asia Soft Power - On Ayni Base

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 19 Sep 2011 07:11

Centre looking at reservation for Muslims: Salman Khurshid

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 19 Sep 2011 23:26

Sen_K wrote:India’s Central Asia Soft Power - On Ayni Base

2004 NDA -- multilateral-ism creates space of Ayni

2011 -- craven submission to US destroys the chances.

Great going.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 20 Sep 2011 01:55

Congress is digging their own grave by reserving the seats based on religion.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 20 Sep 2011 08:39

Interesting tidbit about Pankaj Mishra

There were many rightwing admirers of Israeli resourcefulness and bravery in India — growing up in a Hindu nationalist family, I came to revere the Israeli general Moshe Dayan — but almost all post-colonial nation states shunned Israel

Why would a person born into a "Hindu nationalist" family turns into a rabidly anti-Hindu ? Any explanations ?

devesh · Post by **devesh** » 20 Sep 2011 08:58

^^^
don't believe any of it. all these "old memories" which amazingly start coming back just in time for some self serving a**-licking article are simply bogus. in his mind, going to some temple or doing some puja probably makes him a "Hindu nationalist", which should tell us that in his present state of mind, where he identifies himself as anti-Hindu-nationalist, doing the above things is probably an indication for him of "dormant saffron terror" or some such nonsense....

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Sep 2011 09:04

SBajwa wrote:Congress is digging their own grave by reserving the seats based on religion.

It is one thing to dig one's own grave and quite another to dig the grave for the nation.

munna · Post by **munna** » 20 Sep 2011 09:17

SBajwa wrote:Congress is digging their own grave by reserving the seats based on religion.

By repeatedly weakening the very basis of unity of nation like tricolor flag, territory of India, Government of India by corruption and now finally the Constitution of India INC is digging India's grave for sure.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 20 Sep 2011 09:38

Rony wrote:Interesting tidbit about Pankaj Mishra

There were many rightwing admirers of Israeli resourcefulness and bravery in India — growing up in a Hindu nationalist family, I came to revere the Israeli general Moshe Dayan — but almost all post-colonial nation states shunned Israel
Why would a person born into a "Hindu nationalist" family turns into a rabidly anti-Hindu ? Any explanations ?

Thats his claim that his family is Hindu Nationalist.

It is like many Media anchors who have Hindu names deciding for Hindus when they themselves are rabidly anti anything to do with the Hindu religion.

Its like Zakir Naik claiming some fake Hindu swami converting to Islam, oh I was soo much in darkness till I saw the light.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Sep 2011 10:51

Aditya_V wrote:It is like many Media anchors who have Hindu names . . .

That reminds me of a passionate evangelist (not a TV anchor) by name Vetri Vel Murugan.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 20 Sep 2011 14:34

On the subject of Congress - they think they were invincible just like Karunanaidhi and DMK - the elections put rest to that. The people have spoken and in the last 1 or 2 years - people's response against this govt has been strong - You have the whole anti corruption movement (which was quite big) and the anger displayed to politicians after the terror attacks. Lets see... All this means that politically Congress is going to pull off some stunt - expect some surprise before elections.

All BJP needs to do is get its leadership act together - I think thats what they are trying to do with Modi now. This is his time.

brihaspati · Post by **brihaspati** » 20 Sep 2011 23:34

Rony wrote:Interesting tidbit about Pankaj Mishra

There were many rightwing admirers of Israeli resourcefulness and bravery in India — growing up in a Hindu nationalist family, I came to revere the Israeli general Moshe Dayan — but almost all post-colonial nation states shunned Israel
Why would a person born into a "Hindu nationalist" family turns into a rabidly anti-Hindu ? Any explanations ?

A tentative one:

"Hindu nationalist" with "superiority by birth", - a consciousness of special and distinct from the rest of "Hindu" society - should lead to rabid anti-Hindu. The inability to identify with the bulk of a society - which is seen as inferior - makes one feel detached, rootless, and vulnerable.

Here the "Hindu nationalist" combined with the alienation - is only concerned about the exercise of coercive power/state power/social dominance aspect of "Hindu" society, and none of its other aspects.

Together these two will lead to a subconscious search for an alternative identity that gives overt sense of power, audacity and "effectiveness" - without having to be identified with the inferior births.

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 21 Sep 2011 11:46

The Gujarat development model deserves to be the new buzzword for Indians....We need to learn more about this phenomenon.

Partisan barbs at Gujarat model unmerited

Rubbishing Gujarat is both unwarranted and self-defeating. Instead, the State's growth model should become a case study that can be replicated across the country.

In my capacity as a US Congressional Fellow in the late 1960s, attached to Congresspersons and Congressional Committees of the US Congress, I had, on numerous occasions, come into close touch with the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

It is peopled with some of the best experts and analysts in every field, enabling it to place before the House of Representatives and the Senate, critical and authoritative analyses of policy issues bearing on domestic and foreign affairs.

I have known, at close quarters, the high quality of the services it renders to legislators, including the drafting of Bills, assistance during Committee hearings and debates in the Congress, and watching over the implementation of the laws enacted. Drawing on my experience then and since, I can personally vouch for its independence, thoroughness, accuracy, objectivity, balance, and non-partisanship.

Indeed, CRS reports are counted among the “10 most wanted Government documents” in the US.

Sections of the political class in India have been rattled by the laudatory references in the latest CRS report of September 1, titled “India: Domestic Issues, Strategic Dynamics, and US Relations” to the achievements of Gujarat under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, in respect of both development and governance.

SOLE PURPOSE

Mr Manish Tewari of the Congress has brusquely dismissed the report as of no consequence, dubbing it as just one of the many that US think-tanks keep producing, often coming to diametrically opposite conclusions.

And, another Congress leader, Mr Digvijay Singh, has churlishly implied in a public statement, that it is possible to have such reports fabricated in the US for a consideration. No doubt, he could not shed the complex engendered in him by the state of affairs he sees around him!

Remember, the sole purpose of the reports of the CRS is to make available to the US Congresspersons the best possible inputs and insights for framing legislative proposals, embodying sound and practicable policies and therefore, there is simply no question of its being forced to indulge in any hanky-panky.

Whatever Mr Modi's detractors may say, they cannot fool the people who are close to the ground. It is not just the people.

Seasoned and worldly-wise foreign observers, with an in-depth and comparative knowledge of performance records of governments in development and governance-related fields, as also India's Planning Commission, have highly commended the Gujarat model of growth, which had been consistently double-digit, and is expected to touch 11.2 per cent in 2011-12.

For instance, on June 1, Ms Karin Hulshof, Representative of the UNICEF in India, was unstinted in her praise of the outstanding progress Gujarat has made in the education, health, nutrition and human development sectors, adding that it has almost achieved the UNICEF target of Human Development Index set for 2015.

UNWARRANTED

A World Bank-supported study, based on an analysis of 40,000 km-long state roads, including 16,000 km of state highways and 20,000 km of district main roads, has said that Gujarat has adhered to international best practices in roads management, and “excelled” in bringing about a very close collaboration between the government and private sector.

At the time of discussions on the Plan allocations for Gujarat for both 2010-11 and 2011-12, the Vice-Chairman of the Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, paid glowing tributes to the Gujarat model of development, its mobilisation and deployment of resources, financial discipline, growth rates of GDP and per capita investment and income, and many innovative projects such as a 3000-acre solar park, expansion of underground sewerage and skills development schemes.

The CRS report has only confirmed these findings when it talks of Gujarat being “India's best example of impressive development successes (and) effective governance” where “… Modi has streamlined economic processes, removing red tape and curtailing corruption in ways that have made the State a key driver of national economic growth”.

Rubbishing it is both unwarranted and self-defeating. Instead, the Governments at the States and the Centre should make a case study of the Gujarat's growth model so that it can be replicated all over the country.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 22 Sep 2011 17:20

Narendra Modi's interview with Headlines Today. Modi at his best !

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 22 Sep 2011 23:50

Yup, I barely understand hindi and I can still see that he tore the guy several new ones

Casually

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 22 Sep 2011 23:59

The modern mangos have no concept of understanding an individual. Modibhai gives the hint "it takes more than following the news to understand an individual" yet the mango doesn't get it....

prahaar · Post by **prahaar** » 23 Sep 2011 00:23

There is almost an undertone of fear when discussing NaMo in the mainstream media (read CNN-IBN and NDTV). Sagarika mentioned with a low voice to Shashi Tharoor - "When Modi talks about governance for all, no majority no minority; the young people love it. They like this concept, you can see it on twitter" -to this Ms.Sarabhai responded with - even if he manages to convince the whole of India - the few intelligent people will never buy his argument!

These self appointed gyaanis, do not value jan-mat. There is outright derision of local opinions, it is scary - Aam Aadmi is seen as an obstacle to their world view and not the primary target of benefits. I fail to see any India-view, even on Palestine debate -all angles that they have is whether govt. will be pro-Arab or pro-US, there is no mention of what will benefit India.