Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Shoddy to say the least
Narendra Modi in Delhi
I was eagerly waiting for this piece from Salil Tripati.
Salil's criticism of the speech is its lack of originality. Seriously dude! have you ever heard an Indian politician present a vision for India. And here is guy who made the attempt and you criticize him.
The behavior of some ABVP students was pretty bad. But Modi could not have coordinated or controlled that.
Anyway, it all boils down to this. Salil cannot believe that a reasonable share of the Indian population is considering Modi ad a possible candidate. That just kills him - something that you see in people like Bill O Reilly in US. These people are very smart and provide very good analysis as long as it fits their narrative. However once it slips out of the narrative they come up with ridiculous critiques.
I am not a fan of Modi. But i did like his speech. It was bold and first instance of an Indian politician admitting we want a smaller but efficient government. That is belief too. But i still am concerned about Modi. His is a cult approach. He never gave credit to anybody else for anything. That bothers me.
Let us see how things pan out in the next elections.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Trained to kill
Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden breaks his silence
But untrained to survive a normal life. I mean you would think its the other way. There should be pension for these folks. I mean common. The guy who killed Laden is scared to make ends meet. Doesn't sound fair to me.