politician
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 >
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Feb 25th
A self-confessed “politician by accident” Dr. Singh has the unique distinction of having been in politics for nearly two decades without a single dent in his reputation for unswerving integrity. He is an academician by inclination and training, became a bureaucrat by profession and a politician by compulsion, almost against his will.From a humble migrant background he emerged as a bright scholar with a Masters from Punjab and a further degree and doctorate from Cambridge and Oxford. After a short teaching stint in Delhi he joined Government where he eventually became Secretary, Economic Affairs and Governor, Reserve bank.991 was a More >
Indira Gandhi
Feb 21st
She may be revered, she may be detested but she cannot be ignored. Her descriptions remind me of the elephant and the blind men. Every person who has known her or read about her or heard her or experienced her regime has a view based narrowly on his or her own personal perception.There is one who said ‘India is Indira, Indira is India” , There are many who said she wielded goddess Kali’s power to destroy evil, others said she herself was evil personified. Persons who worked with her every day – called sycophants by her detractors – swore by More >