Archive for March, 2010
The Aam Aadmi
Mar 5th
Who is the Aam Aadmi ? He is the most important citizen of India, universally useful, participated in every political ideology, is the most favoured by all political parties but at the same time is the most belaboured, long suffering and undefined. The aam aadmi celebrated by RK Lakshman’s cartoons has been seen as the butt of cruel jokes played by lofty promises of political parties. They turn out later to be just puffs of oratorical smoke which quickly disperses into nothingness ! It is in his name that election manifestoes are made, political parties are created and run. He More >
Lee Kwan Yew
Mar 1st
Although he ceased to be in a position of power years ago he continues to be one of the most influential and sought-after politicians in the world. He is the main founder of the Singapore that we know now having seceded from Malaysia in 1965 amid prophecies of doom that saw independent Singapore heading for instant disaster with no natural resources on which to build its economy. What these Cassandras did not take into account was his ability to mobilise his people into a hard-working, single-minded community determined to develop the young nation into a base for commercial activity. Over More >