Re-view and Re-search

After a tumultuous delay, the PM-designate is finally the PM. Thank you for finally taking charge. Media has been bombarding us with PM news. The  past 10 days (16 th  - 26 th  May), the media space comprising 100 odd news channels, print media, radio and others wasted some millions of man-hours over meaningless, repetitive and often illogical coverage. Media was almost choking me with the PM news. But on the brighter side, I am now aware of the  minutest of details of our PM. Guess even Modi would not be aware of his own news. As if the Modi fever was not enough, media took over the ministry formation to mysterious levels. Honestly speaking, I had a few good laughs on the bizarre nature of the information being broadcasted on the likely portfolio allotment. Till a few seconds before or rather even after the oath taking ceremony was over, the media went berserk. The brouhaha on the ministry allocation finally settled with Rashtrapati Bhavan releasing the ...

The verdict for the long drawn Indian General Elections is out (final official numbers are still awaited) and Ab Ki Baar it will be Modi led NDA Sarkar. My congratulations and good wishes to NDA and its PM designate for an astounding victory. He and his team of experts and professionals, who worked tirelessly in the background, crunching tons of data, deserve every credit for the campaign which took the nation by storm. The campaign which went on for more than six months spoke primarily of growth and development, reviving the sagging manufacturing base in the country, boosting investor sentiment, job creation, and of course hindutva. I interpret the decisive mandate for NDA of which BJP itself crossing the half way mark (272 seats) in multiple ways. Some opinions are optimistic just like the ones who voted for them, some cautious on the lines of the ones who voted against them and some completely neutral. Let’s start with optimism or should I say “Acche din aane wale ha...