Nirmala Sitharaman

Aug 09, 2010
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Nirmala Sitharaman is spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The views expressed in this column are her own.

Hear farmers’ call

It has been 60 years since the Indian Parliament held its first session in 1952.

All this nation needs is good governance

The higher the peak you climb the more peaks there are in front of you, stately and magnificent but challenging.

Modi-baiters and the ghost of 2002

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is an active blogger. He writes mostly on matters related to governance, his various initiatives and about the vibrancy of the ongoing developmental process in Gujarat. They are read with enthusiasm by his avid followers and carefully analysed, equally avidly, by his critics and detractors. Information-sharing through blogs, speeches uploaded on YouTube and even through subject-specific websites is so much today that it is possible that one may miss out on important thoughts or messages.

Old man and a sea of people

Frustration and anger poured out on the streets of cities across India just a day after the 65th Independence Day when an elderly man who has been for the past many months questioning probity in public life was sent to Tihar jail — the very place where three powerful members of the UPA are lodged, charged with spectacular collusive corruption.

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.

In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20

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