Almost 3 years ago, the BJP handsomely won the general elections in 2014 and have painted the entire country ‘gerua‘ ever since. A nation wanted change, and it opted for change. Ousting the Manmohan Singh led congress from the throne, it was BJP’s chance to cherish the moment that took …
Read More »Udta Punjab: Freedom of Speech with Fair Usage Policy
Close to 70 years ago during the struggle for Freedom, our brave freedom fighters left no stone unturned to ensure that their future generations (read: we) would be free to live their lives like they wanted to. We’ve been lucky to have ‘inherited‘ the railways, postal and the judicial system …
Read More »Technology and its Impact: Governance through Twitter
Since the time Narendra Modi took up the post of the Prime Minister, there has been a huge shift in the way the government functions. First of all none of the ministers are to be seen except for Modi himself, secondly they are most active on Social Media Platform – Twitter. Narendra …
Read More »Fantastico February: A month of Exhibitions
If I was to ask school students and teachers as to which was is their favorite time of the year, I’m sure that most of them would say August. I won’t be surprised since the month of August has the most holidays from Independence Day to Rakshabandhan and later Janmashtami. …
Read More »‘Desi’ Impact on Obama’s Computer Science for All
POTUS as he is known worldwide, President Obama carries out a weekly address on critical and important issues in the country. Wait a minute, this is exactly like the Mann ki Baat we have every week by the Prime Minister, so even this is ‘copied’ ? Let’s not discuss this …
Read More »India’s French Connection
France and India have had a long history which dates back to the late 1600s when the French invaded India. French had setup the French East India company or Francaise des Indes orientals and slowly reaching Masulipatnam (present day Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh). Soon the French anchored at Pondicherry, their …
Read More »PM was accompanied by 700+ people on his foreign trips reveals RTI Query
Everyone is aware that the Indian Prime Minister has been traveling a lot lately meeting delegates of various countries, getting a lot of investments and of course taking ‘Selfies’ we all know he’s a crazy selfie fan ! In a RTI Query filed in May, had sought information on his foreign visits, …
Read More »1.36 Crore spent on CCTV cameras for Obama reveals RTI.
It’s been well over a month since I filed my RTI Application asking: “How much did Modi Government spend on Obama’s Visit” on January 26, 2015 link to post. Well, after doing rounds of various ministries right from the Prime Minister’s Office to External Affairs Ministry, from Ministry of Home …
Read More »RTI to answer how much ‘Modi Sarkaar’ spent on Obama’s visit.
26th January, 2015, New Delhi: President Barack Obama aka ‘POTUS’ was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Parade. This definitely was a great achievement for India and something to boast about for the Modi Sarkaar. People flocked like herd of sheeps to the Rajpath to get a glimpse of …
Read More »Budget 2014 – "Achche din" for Aam Aadmi
The Union Budget 2014 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minster Shri Arun Jaitely shortly after the Rail Budget was introduced few days back. This is the first budget of the Narendra Modi led BJP government. The Budget seems to have lot of things to cheer for the Aam Aadmi as well as the Industries. Before I …
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