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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Why do our criminal politicians need guns?
I want to wax indignant on netas and guns. Before I commence firing away merrily on that topic though, here is a background update on Gopal Kanda, the Independent MLA from Sirsa (Haryana) who is in the dock over the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Alleged suicide case, as today’s Times of #guns #India #Indian MPs #ThatsJustWrong
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Why Indian politics is a badly run family business
Rahul Gandhi’s ascension from a state of meaningless nothingness to an elevated orbit of meaningful nothingness is almost signed, sealed and delivered, if the dynasty-worshippers from Congress are to be believed. September will mark the lift-off, as he assumes a larger role in the party and/or cabinet, if one were #Dimple Yadav #Dynastic politics #PoliticsDecoder #Rahul Gandhi #Supriya Sule
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How to use an SMS to know the secrets of our netas
Nearly 900 million Indians now have the power to call for some critical information about the candidates contesting from their respective constituencies prior to an election. Nearly 900 million Indians are now tantalizingly close to accessing vital information, access to which can make an impact on the quality of elected representatives #Elections #India #Politics #PoliticsDecoder #SMS
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Dear Nitish, remove criminal politicians in Bihar, then aspire to be PM
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing”. (Albert Einstein) Ten rupees says Nitish Kumar has not made his acquaintance with the quote mentioned above. He is more focused on angling for the PM’s job in #bIhar #criminals #Nitish Kumar #Politicians #PoliticsDecoder
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Maharashtra’s politicians no better than UP’s Assembly thugs
It is 2 in the morning, and as I fuss over adding some bells and whistles to this piece, Janis Joplin is trying to seduce me with her guttural and throaty “Need somebody to love”. But my mind is elsewhere, and I am not particularly seductible tonight – neither would you #Congress #Maharashtra #OnOurMind
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UP Assembly thugs: How Akhilesh has broken his promise
It always amazes me as to how party spokespersons sometimes come on air, talk complete nonsense and appear to be mighty pleased while doling out the aforementioned double-distilled balderdash. Take Kamal Farooqi for instance. Ever since Akhilesh Yadav has taken office (with lofty promises about not tolerating criminals within his #Akhilesh Yadav #Crime #Politics #PoliticsDecoder #Samajwadi Party #U.P State Legislative Assembly
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Would TV commentators love Team Anna if they wore Gucci?
“…but they wrote commentaries on the great men that came before them. They wrote commentaries on commentaries. They described what each other wrote about each other. They just kept writing those commentaries. Writing commentaries is some kind of a disease of the intellect” (Richard Feynman on the Arabic Science scholars #Anna Hazare #JustSaying #kiran bedi #Prashant Bhushan #Swami Ramdev
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Engineering a retail scam like Reebok? Here’s how
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” - Gordon Gekko (Wall Street). Okay, so there is another instance of greed and possible financial mischief unfolding in Corporate India. Leaving aside what has been - and will be - reported on the Reebok India story, here are some pointers which #CEO #Corporate governance #Gordon Gekko #Reebok India
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So simple! How info combats Neta’s corruption
When I first started out writing this four part series, the hypothesis at the back of my mind was: All Parliamentarians, and by extension, all others in the state legislative assemblies are supreme (how supreme? Click here) and are God’s gift to this country. Unfortunate as it may be #ConnectTheDots #Corruption #Informed voters #Reforms #Team Anna
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Crime and our netas: a cozy nexus?
On Whistle-Blowers first…..Here is the opening salvo. A sense of the collateral damage, if you will; the responsibility for which could be laid, squarely and firmly, at the door of the unholy troika of crime, business and politics. Even as I am writing this, news that S.P. Mahantesh, Deputy #Crime #Nexus #Politicians #PoliticsDecoder #Vohra Report