Big B offers to be a brand ambassador of Gujarat
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has offered to become brand ambassador for Gujarat. On the sidelines of a special screening of his film ‘Paa’ with Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi at a multiplex in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, Big B told mediapersons, ‘There are lots of good things in Gujarat which should be promoted. I am ready [...]
Democracy or Else: voting compulsory in Gujarat state
A local editorial in favor of the law argues that with reduced voter participation, “the true spirit of the will of the people is not reflected in the electoral mandate”. The logic of the law, then, is that by forcing an increase in that voter share, you better approximate that “spirit of the will”. But [...]
Why India needs Narendra Modi?
Let me begin with a set of disclosures: I have perhaps written more articles against Modi and his handling of the post-Godhra scenario than most people have; I have called him a modern-day Hitler and have always said that Godhra shall remain an enduring blemish not just on him but on India’s political class. I [...]
