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For my record – the inclusion in a book of my 2005 effort to create Liberal Party of India

50 years down the road researchers might wonder about India’s post-independence liberal political efforts, and although the 2005 Liberal Party of India that I had created had to be dissolved within a few months for lack of traction and support, it would still be worthwhile to make note of the it – for it reflected […]

Constitutional validity of lateral entry into the senior bureaucracy in India

I’ve had a look at the constitutional validity of lateral recruitment to senior positions by GOI. These appear to be fully valid constitutionally. First, Article 310(1) allows that persons who hold “any civil post under the Union” do so during the pleasure of the President. Likewise in States at the pleasure of the Governor. This […]

My next TOI blog post: Local government reforms are crucial for Swachh Bharat

This one, here.

My next TOI blog post: Whereto from here for the liberals

This.

A principles based pathway to resolve the Babri Masjid issue

I sent this to a few places for publication. I suppose all newspapers/ portals are afraid of the liberal view, so finally to avoid further waste of time and to ensure my view is noted for posterity, I’m publishing here: ===== In 2010 the Allahabad High Court divided the 2.77 acres of the Babri land […]

RSS has changed its previous extreme position regarding Muslims being second class citizens

I shared my TOI post on RSS with a few RSS leaders. One of them wrote back: “First RSS never advocated that India should be Hindu only country. In this connection I shall request you to go through the question answers sessions given by PP Mohan Bhagwat ji in September 2018 at vigyan bhavan – […]

My next TOI blog post: The Congress has failed to stop the rise of Godse worshippers. It must disband.

This.

My next TOI blog post: The 2010 moratorium on Bt brinjal must go before 10 June 2019

This is about how GM crops are being blocked in India even when our own scientists have fully tested and proven that they are safe.

The Congress has fully betrayed Nehru – it must dissolve

My tweets today. I’ll write more about this in TOI blog post if time permits: The more Congress operates on the dynasty principle, the less Indians want anything to do with it. This might have mattered less if the dynasty could produce competent people like LKY's son. But it has been producing morons (both intellectual […]

Why is liberalism so weak in India?

My FB post: 1) 1959-1974: Rajaji’s fightback against Nehru’s socialism failed because his advocacy was quite weak (although politically the most successful to date). He did not really understand capitalism and the country was too ignorant to understand his arguments. Nehru had flooded the country with socialist “intellectuals” in universities. 2) 1974-1984: Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan […]