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Kashmir conundrum; wouldn't India be better off with a plebiscite?

Politics

The BJP’s ascent has taken Kashmiris further from India. This may seem a strange thing to say now, at the cusp of a PDP-BJP wedding, but the facts stand where they do. Let’s survey events as a Kashmiri might. The state is divided along religious lines absolutely and totally. Consider this alliance. All of the PDP’s 28 MLAs are Muslim.

BNY's Political Internship Program - My observations!

Governance

"Bangalore Needs You" a non-profit organization run by Prof. Rajeev Gowda, for time to time conducts internship programs on different aspects of public life. In the past months or so it ran a 3 Week "Political Action Internship" program  at its office located in Church Street.

Needed: AAP-TV

Politics

Given the kind of coverage by the current media houses owned by various politicians and moneybags, AAP needs to have its own channel.

It wont be named Arvind TV. 

The doublespeak of the spindoctors is to be expected.

Not having its own media house is hurting AAP. 

Two steps to make Indian elections fairer and truer

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Two steps to make Indian elections more truer, more representative

 

Step1 : The Vote123^ Electoral Method

 

What is Vote123

Want to join a political party - but which one to join?

Politics

Clear in my mind that I got to join a political party this year. Intention is to understamd how parties work, from up close. Tired of constant flow of 3rd hand, 4th hand and via-media information, which comes in only one color, that political parties and politicians all stink like hell.

Isnt poverty a state of mind?

Everything else

Well, many of you may feel, this is a political/controvesial thingi. But I wanted specifically to analyze from an ordinary "Praja's"(Mr.Common Man) view.

Someone said :

Poverty is just a status of mind.

He also said :

South India Coalition for Proportional Electoral System

13 Jul 2013 10:00
Asia/Calcutta
Politics

South India Coalition for Proportional Electoral System

The day of equality, and confusion!

Politics

One vote, is all you are worth, like everyone else around. That's equality. The word democracy sounds heavy and "elitist" :) So I prefer equality. And this time, there was confusion too. Was confused till the "moment", which party or person to vote for?

"revenue pockets" - pocket-boroughs of politico's?

Urban Development

Following are the excerpts from an interview (published in Citizen Matters, for the full text, click here) of the incumbent Congress MLA from BTM layout constituency, who is now seeking re-election from the same constituency:

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