India has seen the rise of three important political personalities, in the present decade, each representing the three major streams of political thought and politics in the country. While Narendra Modi comes from the right of center political stream of BJP and RSS, Rahul Gandhi of Congress, from the political forces of the center,…
The guarantee of freedom in law does not necessarily mean that the citizens of a society may enjoy freedom in reality. The concept of freedom also has to be applied, put in place and virtually enforced by changing habits, mores and traditions of a society, especially old ones, like the Indian society. …
The comment of the Chinese News Agency highlighting the perceived performance of the Indian government is not the only such comment available on the net. Unkind comments understandably generated angry reactions from the Indian media and Indian intellectuals. Of late, the Indian political discourse has been characterised by a sense of dissatisfaction among the…
The official Chinese new agency Xinhua said in a commentary, published to coincide with the ongoing session of the Chinese Parliament, “… a bipartisan political system would have led to endless political bickering and political dysfunction in the country…” It said that had China adopted a western style democracy, as India has done…
