Like most things connected to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his Fox News TV channel is a piece of crap with its unabashed, reckless love of the Republican agenda and relentless bashing of Democrats and their leader Barack Obama. But we live in a world where large numbers embrace garbage with open arms (just look at […]
Image Courtesy: ABC News Update: Friends, Indians and My Fellow American, to my immense delight, Barack Obama has won a second term as President of the United States of America. Republican contender Mitt Romney is unworthy of the highest office. And I’m so glad that the good people of the United States agree with me. […]
Folks, I’m just back from the polling booth. The place was as deserted as a theatre screening an Abhishek Bachchan film. If you’re curious, I cast my precious vote for the Kenyan Citizen. Yeah, that African-American, who was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia. Some of you schmucks may have heard of the Manchuruian […]
Romnesia The word best describing Republican scumbag Mitt Romney, given his tendency to change positions for political expediency. Read: Barack Obama: Mitt Romney has ‘Romnesia’
India’s notoriously corrupt Congress-led government today thwarted anti-corruption protests by arresting Gandhian and national icon Anna Hazare. Anna’s arrest has triggered protests across the country. The 73-year-old Gandhian leader has been leading a valiant fight for a strong Lok Pal Bill to tackle corruption, the scourge of the nation. Anticipating his arrest, Anna asked Indians […]
Poor countries are poor not because they lack resources, but because they lack effective political institutions. – Francis Fukuyama in The Origins of Political Order p.14 It’s hard to dispute the above point, at least in the case of India. Despite the burgeoning population, India has plenty of resources. Certainly, enough to feed its 1.2 […]