Wit Wisdom and Whoop

There has been a lot of brouhaha about gas prices which has been raised by  Arvind Kejriwal and many of his supporters think he speaks gospel truth and scream even louder on the issue. I am sorry to note that  very few even seem to know basic facts and the slightly more aware throw in the name  of former cabinet secretary and others as proof that Kejriwal is right.  For a minute assuming that Kejriwal is right which he is not, how come none of these  worthies like the cabinet secretary are coming out and defending him ? The reason is simple. What they spoke and what he is speaking are two different issues and they realise as decent gentleman that if they stand up to defend him ,they would get stuck with the  mud for his lies. More on that later. Firstly let us understand the fundamentals  of gas business.  It is a high risk high return game. Barring places like middle east in every other location globally you need to literally sink in bill...

Somehow I have been a close follower of politics since the emergency days and subsequently my job gave me an opportunity to interact with many a politician and that only increased my understanding and  appreciation of the challenges.  After the historic elections in 1977 when the country got its first non Congress India has never seen a election that  was emotionally surcharged with strong  and  different political opinions till this impending election of 2014.  While many would like to point out that a Modi is a polarising figure the reality is that each of the major players in the elections – Modi/BJP, Rahul/Congress & Arvind/AAP are equally polarising in their own ways. Each of their supporters have very strong emotionally connected views and life to each is black/ white. No more the shade of grey that one thinks life is all about. When you think of any election, especially this one the fact is that barring for that one brief moment when you pres...