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Tag Archives: elections
Rahul Mao and Modi Zedong
(This column was published in DNA edition dated December 4, 2010.) Venky Vembu It is hard for anyone but the most fawning supporters of Congress dynastic politics to fathom precisely what distinctive skills Rahul Gandhi has that qualifies him for … Continue reading
Posted in China, Columns, India
Tagged China, development, elections, human rights, India, Mao Zedong, Narendra Modi, politics, Rahul Gandhi, Sarah Palin
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Aussie Amar, American Advani!
(A satirical column published in DNA edition dated September 4, 2010.) Venky Vembu One of our widely acknowledged failings as Indians is a general reluctance – or, worse, an incapacity – to leverage our exceptional skills and take them to … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Satire
Tagged Australia, elections, Mosque at Ground Zero, outsourcing, politics
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‘The opportunity in India is too extraordinary’
(This interview, with Edward Pulling, managing director for the Pacific Regional Group of JF Asset Management, was published in DNA edition dated June 8, 2009.) Even for someone who has, by his own admission, been optimistic about India for the … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economy, India, Interview
Tagged China, democracy, Economy, Edward Pulling, elections, financial crisis, India, property bubble, stock market, trade, US
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Dear Rahul Gandhi…
(This column, written as an open letter to Rahul Gandhi, who is being projected as India’s Prime Minister-in-waiting, was published in DNA edition dated May 19. 2009.) Venky Vembu Dear Rahul Gandhi You don’t know me: I’m just one of … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, India
Tagged Congress, democracy, dynasty, elections, India, politics, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, youth
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There are those who will give an arm for your vote…
(This column was published in DNA edition dated May 13, 2009.) Venky Vembu So, one of the most soulless, dispirited general elections is about to end, and another motley, ‘same-old, same-old’ coalition – or a ‘same-same, but different’ grouping – … Continue reading
Where has all the election fun gone?
(This column, about a dreary parliamentary election in India, was published in DNA edition dated April 15, 2009.) Venky Vembu Elections in India are, of course, deadly serious, big-money businesses because we like to think they determine the political and … Continue reading