Category: Us people
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From Pune
Originally posted on Amit Paranjape's Blog: 12 July 1961 – this fateful day will remain forever etched in Pune’s history. A day that changed the history and geography of this great city. Call it a bad coincidence – but two events that happened almost exactly 200 years apart have played a critical role in Pune’s…
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Resident of the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Making of a president, 2012 Last week it was an interesting interaction with Retd. Major General Vinod Saigal of the Indian army. A well-known author and commentator on South Asian Politics. Was in town for the release of his latest book revitalising the Indian democracy. He really made us think in terms of our political…
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Crown Prince??
Isn’t India supposed to be a sovereign democratic republic where people choose their representatives? Well the media and congress seem to take it for granted we are dynastic, after Indira the crown prince Rajiv, after him the widowed queen mother Sonia waiting in the wings the heir apparent. Salman Khurshid’s inundations in his politically correct…
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On My Honor.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.—Robert Frost. Two days back we returned from Dharwad, and I put my phone off, I had promised my friend something and I could not make it. A little…