Shining Path
Read biographyFirstpost is thrilled to introduce Shining Path, an audience member who will begin blogging for us on a regular basis. In his own words: "Shiningpath had enough! 6451 days of debilitating non-work in corporate corridors, cubicles and windowless cabins. Chained to protocols, bound by hierarchies and surrounded by people with core competencies. So he hit the self-eject button, and found himself a nice hammock – from where he now watches the world , reads, attempts to write , gives a comment here, a commentary there...unsolicited mainly….and moonlights as a freelance business consultant in Bangalore.
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92nd in the global Freedom Index ratings, how ‘free’ are Indians really?
Last week I touched upon the global Economic Freedom Survey that ranks India a dismal 111th globally. It may be worth our while to now shift focus towards Personal Freedom, and thence to a composite Freedom Index which incorporates scores from both the surveys – economic as well as #Freedom #Government #Homosexuality #India #OnOurMind
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India ranked 111 in global Economic Freedom ranking – who’s to blame?
India, ladies and gentlemen, has been keeping questionable company, sitting snugly within a cluster that includes Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iran, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Syria & Tanzania. The 'Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report' released by the Fraser Institute, ranks India a dismal 111th globally. Since it is our #Economic Freedom #Governance #India #OnOurMind #Politics #UPA
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Where the two PILs targeting political parties have reached
Background: As I noted on 14 January, there are two important PILs being looked into by the Delhi HC and the SC respectively. To recap from the post titled Two PILs that you should keep your eye on: India is witnessing an increasing number of instances wherein active citizens are #BJP #Congress #Election Commission of India #Ministry of Home Affairs #OnOurMind #Political parties #Representation of People Act
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Will Justice JS Verma join the junkyard of forgotten committees?
One of the advantages of enjoying a tipple or three with friends is the ease in formulating sweeping policy recommendations for the various ills that beset our society and polity. Fearlessly nonsensical, these propositions and formulations are not only well understood and earnestly discussed by inebriated enlightened souls but also #Justice JS Verma #OnOurMind #Police Reforms #Political reforms
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Electoral reforms and India: Two PILs that you should keep your eye on
India is witnessing an increasing number of instances wherein active citizens are using Public Interest Litigation to take on the political class. This strikes one to be slightly more effective than games such as let-us-trade-allegations and holler-hoot-shoot-and-scoot, played in TV studios, wherein sometimes the panelists think nothing of squandering #Crime #Electoral reforms #PILs #Representation of the People Act #ThingsWeLike
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Notes from hell: Ah, such deceit and chicanery…
She "passed away peacefully", they say. Peacefully? If this is a peaceful death, then may we all live peaceful lives. Harsh as it sounds, I can’t help but wonder if this will be a fleeting kleenex moment for us. Heart says, no. It won’t be. This will be the one that triggers something good, #death of gangrape victim #Delhi gangrape #DelhiGangrape #post mortem
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The dark, other side of Delhi rape: Lawbreakers as elected lawmakers
The anger and the outrage is palpable, hanging thick in the winter air. If the feudal overlords who pass themselves off for democratically elected and selected guardians of freedom, liberty and justice had a knife, they could cut through it. Unfortunately, the only time they use the knives is when they #Delhi rape case #Meira Kumar #Sheila Dikshit #ThatsJustWrong
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Usual Suspects headed for Gujarat Assembly!
Believe it or not, other than this particular sentence where the name Narendra Modi crops up, it won’t resurface again in the rest of this article. A tough ask while attempting to put together more than ten words on Gujarat – but eminently doable, as I realised. The structure. Let us focus #Gujarat Elections 2012 #PoliticalPlay #Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsinh
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Rahul Gandhi: PM-in-waiting despite all this?
Rahul Gandhi’s ascension from a state of meaningless nothingness to an elevated orbit of meaningful nothingness is almost signed, sealed and delivered. The country awaits the seemingly inevitable coronation with bated breath and a whispering trepidation, even as it veers drunkenly on its journey towards perfecting an imperfectible democracy. Important people #Congress #India #MPLAD #OnOurMind #Rahul Gandhi
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Rahul Gandhi and Kargil: Where are the critical media?
Mental meanderings on Rahul Gandhi, Media, Kargil & Obscurantism “That purr in the ear isn’t the music of your back being scratched, darling; it’s the crackle of your slim wallet being emptied of ethics” – M.J.Akbar on journalists. The script, by now, is getting so repetitive that it borders on the #FDI #Kargil #Media #MediaCrit #Rahul Gandhi