“She (Sonia Gandhi) wants to destroy Indian religion, culture and traditions. We are opposing this, since we will not let this happen. She realizes that our strength is growing, and she is scared of our power. That is why she is opposing us. We are not in any way connected to extremism. Neither the VHP, [...]
The 83rd Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress ended a few days ago. The Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi delivered the inaugural address. In this address she laid out a four step process for “intensifying the battle against corruption”. There is no doubt that Sonia Gandhi is the most powerful political figure in India [...]
“The statement of Christ is simple. ‘He who sent me among you will come again!’, and he pointed to a Lamb. The Lamb is merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the Voice – Ba-Ba; the announcement was the Advent of Baba. ‘His name will be Truth,’ Christ declared. Sathya means Truth. ‘He will [...]
Secularism is one of the most abused words in Indian politics. Secularism in a political and social context is a belief in the separation of the state (government and government agencies) and the religious beliefs of the people. To many Indians a secular state also means a state that guarantees their right to practice the [...]
Most of us know by now that Ramkishan Alipur Yadav (known as Swami Ramdev) has started a political party. The party named Bharat Swabhiman will contest all 545 Lok Sabha seats in the next national elections. The Swami himself will not stand for elections (this stance reminds me of Sonia Gandhi and her relationship with [...]
Swami Ramdev (real name is Ramkishan Yadav) is well-known in India as a Hindu swami and a promoter of Yoga. He is the founder of the Divya Yog Mandir Trust and offers Ayurvedic treatments to millions of Indians. The popular swami has announced that he is launching a political party named Bharat Swabhiman. His party [...]
On May 21st 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India was assassinated in Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu). He and fourteen others were killed by a female suicide bomber by the name of Thenmozhi Rajaratnam belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was fighting an insurgency against the Sri Lankan government [...]
It is new moon over Andhra Pradesh. Indians all over the world were shocked at the recent turn of events in Andhra Pradesh. A loser (politically speaking) like Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (popularly known as KCR) single-handedly blackmailed a country of 1.2 billion into submission.
I am a strong believer in a liberal democracy. I think that it is the only form of government that a country as diverse as India can have. Of course India can have an authoritarian regime like in China or a military dictatorship like you have in Pakistan and Myanmar but that would be against [...]
“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 [...]
Mention the word Italy to an average Indian and they are very likely to think about Sonia Gandhi. For an average Italian on the other hand, India is an exotic vacation spot. Obviously there is more to it than that. I have traveled to Italy on numerous occasions. On one of my visits I traveled [...]
