Will the polls change Maharashtra's fortunes?
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Maharashtra. One of the 28 states of India. In literal translation, its name means 'Bigger or Greater Nation'. However, we are not here on the etymology of the name of India's second most populous state and the third largest in terms of size. There was a time in the 1960s, 70s and the 80s, when Maharashtra was indeed recognised for many attributes of greatness ― as a leader in industrialization, as a pioneer in the cooperative movement, as a high-performer in the quality of administration, etc. Its people could proudly say, with some justification, "Mera Maharashtra Mahan". Not any more. As the state prepares to elect a new legislative assembly on October 13, the new government ― whatever its complexion and composition might be ― faces a daunting set of development challenges. Consider the following stark facts, all culled from the Planning Commission's latest (2007) 'Maharashtra Development Report',....
Choice before the electorate: Karma Yogi or Vansh Bhogi?
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D'Ocracy-D.E.M., beloved husband of T. Ruth, loving father of L.I. Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope, Justice, expired on 26th June Does this make any sense to you? Does it have any bearing on the electoral battle that is about to comm.ence in India? Well, it was an innocuous if strange-sounding announcement in the 'Obituaries' section of the Bombay edition of The Times of India, in its edition on 27 June 1975. Of course, those who read it on that day and could decode its meaning knew that it was about the demise of Democracy, consequent upon the imposition of the Emergency by the then Congress government at the Centre. Censorship had already been clamped. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had already sent stalwarts in the Opposition, including Jayaprakash Nararayan, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Chandrashekhar, into jail where many of them would spend the next....
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Sudheendra Kulkarni is an alumnus of IIT Bombay. He started his career as a journalist in the late 70s. He was also the editor of now defunct Blitz. After two decades in journalism, Kulkarni joined BJP in 1995. He was an aide to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee between 1998-2004. He later joined L K Advani as his aide. He was a national secretary and a national executive member of BJP. He quit BJP in last August. Kulkarni is now an adviser to the ministry of Railways. He is also a columnists for ' Indian Express '.Recent Posts
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