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Sonia Gandhi: The leader who never delivered?

May 17, 2013

Why is it that the most powerful person in the country is nowhere to be seen when some soothing gentle words are needed. #Sonia Gandhi #Media #Congress #InMyOpinion #Raebareli
IPL 2014 Auction: A catastrophe waiting to explode

May 14, 2013

Only when players stay together do they become a team. The men behind the IPL need to realize that they shouldn�t compromise the sport at any cost, and they need to realize that fast. #Sports #Cricket #IPL #Chennai Super Kings #InMyOpinion #IPL6 Fan Blogs
Why Chris Hadfield's "Space Oddity" is the most inspiring YouTube video ever

May 14, 2013

Some will criticise its musicality probably, but that's mere jealousy of someone able to sing and play guitar, in SPACE. You can't help but smile and even get a bit choked up at the beauty of the planet below. #InMyOpinion #Nasa #Space exploration #Viral video #Chris Hadfield #Davied Bowie #Space Oddities
Karnataka elections: Narendra Modi is brave, Rahul, Sonia opportunists

May 12, 2013

Modi would surely have known that his speeches would not sway an election in South India, but he came and he attacked the Congress. It was a selfless act for his party and a statement on his unchanging beliefs. The same cannot be said of Rahul and Sonia. #Politics #Sonia Gandhi #Gujarat #Congress #Narendra Modi #InMyOpinion #Rahul Gandhi #Karnataka #Nehru #Secularism #Karnataka 2013 #Pluralism
P Chidambaram, Narendra Modi are Sensex 40,000 PMs

Apr 26, 2013

The FM has been doing the right things in the last six months by taking tough decisions on subsidies, FDI, government spending and deficits, while Modi is seen as an out and out capitalist. #Sensex #Investing #Narendra Modi #InMyOpinion #Industry #markets #Chidambaram #investors
SRK is the Don of IPL business

Apr 09, 2013

#Kolkata Knight Riders #Shah Rukh Khan #InMyOpinion #IPL6 Fan Blogs
Thane collapse to Ajit Pawar: Why accountability is a bad word in India

Apr 08, 2013

Unless public change their behavior pattern to make representatives more accountable, India�s growth will always lag its optimum growth potential. #India #real estate sector #InMyOpinion #Sahara #Ajit Pawar #home buyers #Real estate #Thane building collapse
An open letter to Justice Markandey Katju

Apr 03, 2013

Dear Justice Katju, allow us to pick your scientific brains on a few issues and questions which, given your professional background. #Supreme Court #Sanjay Dutt #InMyOpinion #Justice Markandey Katju #1993 serial blasts
Not switching off lights this evening? It doesnt matter

Mar 23, 2013

Campaigns like Earth Hour offer us cheap moral capital: feel good saving the planet for an hour every year and enjoy life as usual during the remaining 8769. #Environment #InMyOpinion #Earth Hour #saving electricity #Tokenism
Congress' Kandahar: India should tell Italy: BASTA! Enough.

Mar 13, 2013

Indian governments take legal undertakings, treaties and anything stamped so seriously they forget there is also a real world out there. #India #diplomacy #Supreme Court #InMyOpinion #European Union #Italy #Italian Marines

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