Careless Whispers ...

"It is never too late to give up your prejudices"   - Henry David Thoreau 121 Parliamentary Constituencies (PC) go to polls tomorrow (17 th April) and 117 PC next week on 24 th  April. That makes it a whopping 238 PC, almost half the electorate will exercise their franchise on these two dates. I thought it would be an ideal time to re-visit some of my earlier posts, just to refresh and share them once again with the fellow Voters. Like someone rightly said: “If you don't Vote, you lose the right to complain”.  So yes, we must Vote! But what is even more important is to Vote with a Well-informed, Unbiased and Fearless mind. So sharing here some of my thoughts and ideas from past blogposts, only to put forward a perspective as a fellow Voter. Disclaimer at the outset would be in order:  This is not an 'appeal' to Vote for a Particular Party or a Candidate.  I am not making a pitch for NaMo as PM – he does not need it.  This is just a pers...

“Road to Hell is paved with Good intentions” AAP: Theatre of the absurd This post is not about Arvind Kejriwal (AK) - the person, the activist. He is way above those who would malign him on grounds of personal integrity, honesty, a genuine desire and intention to do something real good for the Nation. Of this, I am absolutely convinced. I also respect him for taking the plunge into active politics. By doing so, he showed the Sibals and Diggis that when push comes to shove, a common man like AK can pack them into the oblivion. In short, AK is a revolutionary and an activist for public good par excellence. The excitement is palpable The problem started when AK the activist, turns into a willing CM; on flimsy and compromised support of the same whom he was fighting against all these years. He would have done  wonders leading the opposition with 28 AAP MLAs on his side, using Activism to his full strength. Even if it called for an outside support to BJP. This ...