Rajeev Srinivasan
Read biographyRajeev Srinivasan is a management consultant and columnist, and a fan of art cinema.
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Communist paranoia as Modi heads for Narayana Guru ashram
The facts are as follows: Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Sivagiri Ashram established by Sree Narayana Guru today. The monks had, to be even-handed, invited Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to the same event, but they demurred, so only Modi is visiting. This has caused paroxysms of outrage #Communists #CPI(M) #Kerala #Narayana Guru ashram #Narendra Modi #WhyNow
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The Left-liberal ‘idea of India’ is mere idea and no India
The recent brouhaha over the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, its invitation to Narendra Modi, and its subsequent revocation under pressure from a few humanities professors—note, from the humanities and not from the business school—has made me think again about a strange fact. This is that people from the humanities #conservatives #InMyOpinion #Left-Liberal Politics #Narendra Modi #Postmodernism Generator #Wharton
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Modi’s social contract is like Lee Kuan Yew’s in Singapore
There is a cottage industry in India trying to establish analogies for Narendra Modi. The usual suspects have had much fun with this. Hitler! Mussolini! Pol Pot! Genghiz Khan! they cry. Others claim: Indira Gandhi! Ronald Reagan! Margaret Thatcher! Perhaps. But if you look at the social contract that Modi #Gujarat's Social Contract #In My Opinion #Lee Kuan Yew #Narendra Modi
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Patriarchy’s rise in Kerala: From Smarta Vicharam to Suryanelli
The Suryanelli rape case is in the news again: a 16-year old girl was abducted and raped by 42 men in 40 days in 1996, and most of the accused were acquitted by the High Court. It is often trumpeted that Kerala (with justification) is an exemplar in the issue #OnOurMind #Patriarchy #Suryanelli case #Suryanelli gangrape case
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Barack Obama is really president of the world
A remarkable phenomenon in the race leading up to US President Obama’s re-election for another four years was the tremendous support he gained around the world. In fact, it is likely that, if there were such a thing as President of the World, and Obama had been a candidate, he #Barack Obama #Inpraiseof #US President
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Why Mitt Romney would be less bad for India than Obama
To mix metaphors wildly, it is Scylla and Charybdis. Or Hobson’s Choice. Or any such thing where, in fact, India does not have much of a choice. Neither US Presidential candidate is going to do India a whole lot of good. India is not even on their radar, as demonstrated by #Barack Obama #Mitt Romney #USPresidentialElection
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Robert Vadra, the wrong Gandhi, and the ‘Indian Rupee’
Activist Arvind Kejriwal made a splash with accusations about Robert Vadra’s real estate activities, and the astonishing speed with which the latter allegedly converted $97,000 into some $95 million. This latest juicy tidbit has pushed the other scams the country was all excited about — such as the alleged money #DLF-Vadra #OnOurMind #Robert Vadra
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Is the religion of Marx now in self-destruct mode?
A few years ago, Jyoti Basu bemoaned the ‘Himalayan blunder’ that prevented him from becoming Prime Minister when that eventuality was more than a pipedream. At the time, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was feeling its oats. They were supreme in West Bengal and Tripura, had a strong position #CPI(M) #Kerala Communists #Leftism #Maoism #PoliticsDecoder
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Why Abu Jundal may just be a big hoax played on us
On the face of it, the recent arrest of Abu Jundal, who is supposedly the ‘Indian voice’ among the Karachi handlers of the 26/11 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, is curious. It borders on the fantastic, and it may be too good to be true. It doesn’t quite compute. It is #26/11 #Abu Jundal #Anti-Terror #Hafiz Saeed #ISI #LeT
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Anand: Why this phony applause for a real national hero?
Indians have become so accustomed to mediocrity that they don’t quite know what to do with a genuine hero and a real champion. The culture of chalta hai and taking short-cuts and muddling-through that Indians, as it were, absorb with mother’s milk, prevents people from recognising true merit and stupendous #Cricket #OnOurMind #Sports #Viswanathan Anand #World Chess Championship