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Indian Tradition of not Accepting Resignations

In 1956 the then Minister of Railways and Transport Lal Bahadur Shastri submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.  He did so after about 112 people were killed in a railway accident in Mahbubnagar.  Nehru refused to accept his resignation.  A few months later he resigned again because of another rail accident in Tamil [...]

Cricket, Liquor and Cheerleaders Can go Together

One of my pleasures in life is to sit on my deck on a warm summer day and watch my favorite baseball team (Philadelphia Phillies) play on television.  This gets even better when you have a cool lager in your hand (in the Philadelphia area a Lager by default means a Yuengling Lager which is [...]

Can an Aam Admi Become India’s Prime Minister?

“I am an aam aadmi (common man). If I can become the Prime Minister, then so can you. I came from a very ordinary, lower-middle class family. It is because of my education that I am what I am” These words were uttered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to children during the Children’s Day festival [...]

CPI(M) Wants To Dictate India’s Foreign Policy

According to PTI, the Jammu and Kashmir CPI(M) has asked the Central government to resume talks with the separatists in Kashmir and with the Pakistani government in order to establish peace in the sub-continent.  The CPI(M) also indicated that the Prime Ministers statement during Independence Day that there was no place for separatist thought in [...]