JAIPUR CIRCUS – CHINTAN SHIVIR/ RAHUL’S (V.P CONGRESS) ELEVATION: CALCULATED SONIA MOVES TO OFFSET RAHUL’S 2009/2012 ELECTORAL FAILURES TO ENTER HIGH POLITICS IN DELHI. The hive of activities in Jaipur from hints on reforms, promulgating ‘Chintan Shivir’ and anointing Rahul as Vice President (Congress) are measures apparently to counter the mood of doom […]
Everything Depends On What You Mean By Normal
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY NORMAL Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Paris. June 26-30 Iddhis Bing Say what you will about the pasty-faced Bourbons – one of whose descendants sits on the Spanish throne these days – they knew how to build an […]
Philippines: Chief Justice Renato Corona Impeachment trial background
By MikeinManila In the Philippines on Monday the topic will be one thing everyone is talking about the Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. To many who will be watching it on Television or looking online for updates and information there will be a lot said and reported. But so far aside from the […]
In China, Independent Candidates Busy Building Up Support
Written by John Kennedy, GlobalVoices Carrying on from the incident in which three independent candidates for local level People’s Congress elections in Jiangxi were prevented from taking part in their election, candidates from other areas around China have yet to enter election periods but face no shortage of problems of their own. The candidacy wave remains small, but is still a […]
Nuclear Weapons are Old Threats
Radioactivity is the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic radiations in a nuclear decay; some of this subject is usually elaborated in Physics and Chemistry in middle school curriculum. In offering similar subjects after advancing to college, one understands the benefits of radioactive particles and how dangerous they can be. […]
Bill Gates or Matt Ridley: Whose ideas are right for Africa?
Ideas have consequences and ideas are precursors to actions. The idea-packed, sizzling debate on Africa between Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Matt Ridley the author of new book, "The Rational Optimist," should be reviewed by any serious African politician, bureaucrat, or any person who has interest in Africa. On […]