Comments on: Turning Left And Going Backwards

By: Indian Blogger

Indian Blogger — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:54:35 +0000

If not for the left parties, Manmohan Singh and his excellent team of beaurearats would have taken India to great Heights

By: David

David — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:12:18 +0000

Mr Singh should flex his muscles. He has every right to

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Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:10:31 +0000

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By: UlluKaPatha

UlluKaPatha — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:46:00 +0000

The first thing to be done is to “REMOVE LETIST CONTROL OVER INDIAN MEDIA” NDTV head Prannoy roy’s wife is Brinda Karats (Who is head of CPM womens wing) sister. Brinda Karat’s husband Prakash Karat is head of CPM Politburo

I do not wish to insult any ethnic group -but there must be reservation quota placed to prevent influx of large number of Bengalis and Malayalis in media (newspaper/TV) because 80% of them are secretly communists

By: Subhash Parakh

Subhash Parakh — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:39:57 +0000

Dear Sir,

Communism has failed every where yet our left parties, supported by Congress and other parties, dram of bringing communism in India. All want public sector as it is a great source of earning money for politicians, beaurocrats and poer brokers. The poor people of India are paying taxes to feed these corrupt power brokers. I really wonder we have such type of politicians why we need British Raj ?. It is a simple exercise of constitutional loot and robbery.

By: kuffir

kuffir — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:57:25 +0000

this has developed into a war of attrition between the manmohan singh government and the left. it is foolish on our part to assume that the government would somehow ‘manage’ to convince the left.
this is based on the assumption that it would manage to trade in concessions to the left on other issues in return for approval of major policy moves. this hasn’t happened until now because the left has definite views on every issue(and considers them all equally important) under the sun. so what we have witnessed in the past one year is a reshaping of the government rather than the mellowing of the left. now chidambaram even speaks in the language of the left: who cares whether it is a strategic sale or a minority stake sale? his reply only reemphasizes the importance(to the ruling regime) of continuing to carry the brown man’s burden. here, i wish to offer some career advice to mr.manmohan singh : go back to oxford if you wish to make any useful contribution to indian society.

By: @mit

@mit — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:43:17 +0000

I agree with TTG. This will be a temporary phase until they negotiate

By: PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development

PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:03:22 +0000

A step away from privatization in India?

The new Indian Economy blog complains that the government is stepping away from much-needed privatization of public-sector undertakings:A lot of us had immense hope that Manmohan Singh and Chidambaram, the architects of India’s reforms in 1991, limit…

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:10:05 +0000

A few weeks ago, PC had expressed strong reservations about the market hitting 8,000. This announcement could be in the nature of a pre-emptive strike to cool the ardor of FIIs.

Sanjay

By: TTG

TTG — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:54:41 +0000

Do not give up hope, for repeatedly selling minority stakes may result in selling of the majority! I suspect this is just to keep the Left quiet, and that when the time is ripe, these PSUs will then be sold under their very noses. Well my that’s completely un-backed-up-with-facts take on it..