Seems too good to be true? I found this superb idea while talking to a friend the other day. He says A lot of youngsters try and enter politics as independent candidates, but bigger parties simply wipe them out with their marketing budget. The individual cannot go home and say “Dad, I need money to stand in the elections”! The state need to ensure a fair ground for this. As we talked, he cited a ton of examples from...

This post is a  actually a comment that appeared on this blog. I thought it qualified to be a post. Read and do comment your thoughts about the issues raised here. India is a mess. It’s that simple, but it’s also quite complicated. I’ll start with what I think are India’s four major problems–the four most preventing India from becoming a developing nation–and then move to some of the ancillary...

I’m compelled to write this in light of the recent article on LS polls and the politicians using innovative marketing strategies and the like. I also write this because I followed the Oscars today with a great deal of enthusiasm and anxiety. It has been a very good season for fine movies and so the best categories were often very competitive. Although I was a bit disappointed with the final outcome, I must confess that I...