Yeh hain Youngistan!

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No, this is neither a Pepsi advertisement, nor a PR campaign plugged by the multinational. This is a show on CNN-IBN recorded in the peak of Summer in Lutyens's Delhi. So that makes it a promotional piece for the show, right? Clearly not. The show has already run before this piece sees the light of day. And chances are that it will probably not repeat again. The reason why this show finds mention is that like many of you, I am also tired of seeing the same old political faces on news television slugging it out in studios, saying the same old things, even wearing the same expression. I consider the Ravi Shankar Prasads and Abhishek Manu Singhvis almost colleagues given that they appear almost every day on our channel, whether it is in the studio or on outdoor broadcast locations. Manish Tiwari and Siddharth Nath Singh are the....

Double demotion for Jena: Congress is the bigger loser

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A lot has been said and written about how Manmohan Singh & Sonia Gandhi have put together a very well-crafted team of ministers keeping in mind all possible factors - from talent, loyalty to the high command and the Congress Party, pressure from allies, compulsions of caste, religion, youth and experience, to paying due attention to the Rahul Gandhi list. The reform ministries have been left in the hands of key Congressmen well known for their efficiency and doggedness in pursuing development. Even the so-called "ATM ministries" have been kept out of ministers known to be looking for quick and easy money. Wherever the Cabinet position has been offered to an ally due to compulsion rather than talent, some key Congress ministers have been attached to the same ministry as Ministers of State as an effective counter balance. However, there seems to have been one major slip. Srikant....