Monthly Archives: May 2011

Saare Jaha se accha, Gandhistan humara

May 22, 2011Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBSP, Congress, deceit, elections, ethics, governance, Mayawati, Nehru-Gandhi, politics, satire, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Watching the ‘’DLF’’ IPL has exposed us to ‘’Citi” moments of success and “Maxx” timeouts. However such style of branding has been on in the country for many decades. The Nehru-Gandhi name has been prefixed before countless government schemes and projects. Here we look at a supremely effective method of political branding by the Indian National Congress. A method which has succeeded in using the face of the country as an Read more [...]

Humara Neta… Abu Salem

May 7, 2011Did you know?, Our favourite political personalitiesdemocracy, elections, religion, terrorism, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Last week saw the death of the world's most dreaded terrorist, Osama bin Laden. But do you know what happened when one of India's most wanted, Abu Salem, was arrested and put behind bars in 2006? He wanted to contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and amazingly there was no law in the country to stop him from doing so. Sitting in jail in 2006, Abu Salem was accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts, the murder of Gulshan Kumar and in an Read more [...]