I have in the past defended both Mayawati and Shashi Tharoor. Mayawati is a traditional Indian politician and Shashi Tharoor represents the more modern and more transparent version. On the surface they look poles apart but I see many similarities between the ways they operate particularly when it comes to dealing with adversity. In general [...]
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) head Swami Prasad Maurya said today that the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati Naina Kumari is a living goddess. He said “Why should the party give an account of the money being giving to its living goddess when unaccounted money is being donated in temples”. Touché!! It is a [...]
“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 [...]
