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This article is written as a response to  Vinod Mehta’s article titled “Should we give Narendra Modi a Chance” in Hindustan Times dated March 16 th . Vinod Mehta's article can be read here.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/all-that-matters/Should-we-give-Narendra-Modi-a-chance/articleshow/32113843.cms I write this article with great circumspection. There is a great chance that it would not be understood given that it would be read wearing the same spectacles of so called liberalism hidden behind a minorityism that was employed while writing the original. But it has to be written because the blinkers have to be broken through. Off course, I am not in the D K Barooah league of sycophancy rather I am driven more by a sense of duty , akin to what Yudhishthira felt in Mahabharata, “I do because I must.” Without wasting more space, lets move to misgivings expressed by Vinod Mehta concerning our prospective prime minister, Narendra Modi. There are four conc...

In this politically charged environment, a chance meeting with an old acquaintance is likely to turn into a discussion on parliamentary elections, and it did, today. An old friend, a small time contractor, came visiting and after a few minutes of chit chat & a cup of tea, obvious question reared its’ head, “Who are you planning to vote for?” He hesitated for a few seconds and then in a conspirational tone, began cautiously. “This is probably fifth time I will be voting and in all the previous elections, I have voted for members of a family. This family belongs to NCP & has a minister in Maharashtra government, one MP, one MLA and a Mayor. I know them, the know me, both of us come from same area of Maharashtra.  But this time, I am going to vote for myself.” I was surprised, naturally, and asked him if he was planning to contest elections. He laughed the question away & said, “I have been voting for people I know, people from my village, for their caste or ...

Published on Faking News on March 3, 2014 Disclaimer: This diary page was forwarded to Faking News with the claim that it belongs to a member of AAP cadre. We make no claim of it being authentic but the circumstantial evidence points to that direction. “What should I do?” Dear Diary, You are the only one in the world who can empathize with me. At night, sleep eludes me. If sometimes it does come, I get nightmares, of being crushed or being blown up. I wake up in the middle of night, scared, shivering and perspiring with cold sweet. Days are as hellish as nights. Family ridicules me, neighbors deride me, females avoid me when I am around. I don’t know where to run, what to do. Let me explain. I have always been trying to remain close to my leader but inexplicably, for last one month or so, I am scared of being too close to him. Reason? He has surrounded himself in so much of gas that I am afraid of him. What if, someday, someone lights a cigarette / bidi in his pre...