Dayanand's World

Enough is enough Mr. Prime Minister Dear Prime Minister, Ever since you were selected to occupy the Prime Minister’s post, we have all along thought of you as an honorable man. We were proud of you as one of the most highly qualified heads of state ever in the whole world. You were the person to whom Narsimha Rao turned too to save the country from the verge of bankruptcy in 1991. You are also unanimously credited for being personally honest. Your personal goodwill with the people of the country was such that inspit of a insipid first term, the people of the country gave the Congress a ‘thumbs up’ in 2009, when the choice was between you and Mr. LK Advani. Having said that, I would like to add that your record in UPA-2 is nothing but a disaster. And you have proved yourselves to be the weakest Prime Minister ever to don the chair. Your real and perceived weakness has accentuated your reputation for personal integrity. Which leader would remain personally honest but allow w...

Why we must support Anna Hazare. Perhaps after Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan's call for Complete Revolution … Anna's fast may be the most significant mass movement in modern India yet. Look at the way the Govt. has mishandled a popular movement. In the beginning, it completely mis-read the amount of support Anna’s agitation could generate. Fresh from crushing Baba Ramdev’s fast unto death, the Govt. advisors chose to be complacent to the extent of taking things for granted. From August 15, with every single passing day, the ruling polity has come out looking increasingly petty, cussed and vindictive, targeting Anna with every gun that it has at its disposal. It has accused Anna Hazare and his Trust as being "seeped in corruption". It questioned the funding of Anna's website. It tried digging up his ancient army records in the hope of finding something – anything – to chuck at him, hoping something may stick. It borrowed on the weak spine of the Delhi...