How do we reshape electoral discourse: can we go beyond caste and communal agenda The election commission had to first time issue an advisory to all political parties to shun use of basal identities for invoking participation of people in the festival of democracy that is election. Why has discourse in the biggest democracy…
Ten things Modi can do to sustain enormous societal expectations: a) Champion Look East policy: visit USA after visiting China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, S Korea, Ethiopia, Uganada, Kenya etc., President Mukherjee who triggered it earlier can really guide in this; the centre of the world, I argued in 2003 has moved towards East; China and…
Time for change: an avalanche of expectations Never before so many people expected so much of change in such a little time. The election has given a clear verdict in favour of decisiveness, democracy and development. Whether the secular structure will evolve through demolition of caste and region based identities is an issue to be…
My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values). The Dissent lies at the heart of democracy: great leaders are judged by the extent to which they brook diversity of views and then try to recognize the value of climbing ladder: vyakti ( individual), vichar…
manifesto for new politics: educati When Jay Prakash Narayan gave call for total revolution (Sampoorna kranti), in 1974, he meant well. But he faltered in not insisting on developing indicators and tools for mid course correction. i hope we dont repeat that experience. After all, in real politics, no visionary can ever anticipate all contingencies…