Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Forgotten Wikileaks

April 30, 2011Did you know?, Our favourite political personalities, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAMIM, Andhra Pradesh, Azhagiri, bribe, Chidambaram, Congress, corruption, DMK, elections, MPs, Owaisi, Tamil Nadu, wikileaksadmin

Most of the Wikileaks released by The Hindu focussed on Swiss Bank accounts and the Confidence Motion. However there was a very interesting leak* highlighting the latest innovations by Indian netas in bribing voters. Wah Sarkar presents to you 3 of our MPs along with their state of the art bribing techniques. 1. The Newspaper Briber M.K.Azhagiri (DMK) - MP from Madurai, Tamil Nadu ; Total Assets: 19 crores+ ;Union Minister for Chemicals Read more [...]

The Art of Hunger Strikes

April 9, 2011Did you know?, Our favourite political personalitiesAFSPA, anna hazare, corruption, democracy, hunger strike, jan lokpal, Manipur, mediaadmin

The nation is rejoicing as Anna’s farce fast unto ‘death’ crusade ends. We decided to compare this with another hunger strike being kept by Irom Chanu Sharmila. A fast which has lasted for more than 10 years... Why is she fasting? Sharmila is protesting against the Armed Forces – Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which confers special powers to the Army in states in North East India. This allows the army to effectively search any premise Read more [...]

Chor Machaye Shor – A toast to Democracy

April 5, 2011Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencecorruption, deceit, democracy, elections, ethics, governance, politics, satire, Tamil Naduadmin

We are currently in the midst of a spate of assembly elections. Wah Sarkar looks at a true incident which occurred a few years ago in Tamil Nadu. This is an amazing story which highlights the grit and will power of India's common man. Article may take a few seconds to load....... * Name of place changed Read more [...]