The obsession for power politics fancies the ‘bahubalis’ to join politics. This nexus of politicians and criminals is bane for great Indian democracy. The cliche goes that the unabated entry of criminals into politics is a blot on the face of...

The very name of Bank of Switzerland evokes a profound feeling of stiff-upper-lip amongst our common people, and politicos as well. Having an account in the Swiss Bank could simultaneously be a matter of pride and predicament in Indian politics. And...

The usual candor, like pompous paraphernalia and ostentatious hoopla of yesteryear, may not be there. But the Blue Blood is still on the boil.The erstwhile kings and queens, though have lost sheen of power over along period of time, still bask in the...

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh who had once called naxalism a “virus”, Undoubtedly, naxal menace has infested as many as 13 states, 70 districts and claimed lives of over four thousand people, including security personnel, in the last...

The electoral countdown has begun and the political parties are all set for the battle. But what the parties lack is a national issue. In the party manifestos, each political party has tried to hold a mirror before the other and has girdled their...

Hate politics in our country surfaces mainly during election time. In a country which lives on razor-edge social relations, inflammatory speeches are just the right dose for stoking communal passions. If there are elections, the degree of such hate...

Politics is said to be the last resort of scoundrels. This anecdote assumes significance when elections approach to the hilt. Feared by their sagging prospects at the hustings overnight politicians are changing hats and subsequently throwing them in the...

The Third Front (TF), which formed to keep the Congress led UPA and the BJP led NDA away from power, seems to have disintegrated before taking into a shape. Leaders of the TF have decided to come together for forming a non-Congress, non-BJP government...

What is the similarity among the film actor Govinda, Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Member of Parliament and film actress Jaya Prada?. In fact, some of them are related to acting and some are in politics but there is one similarity...

Checking the political corruption and ensuring transparent way of financing the democracy has long been part of public debate on electoral reforms in the country. In fact, the UPA govt introduced the State funding of Elections to the Lok Sabha and...