Wit Wisdom and Whoop

The BJP government is in place since about 6 months and many, especially the strident critics of BJP are asking many a question about its performance and actions and in a way it is understandable since people are impatient. An oft repeated comment is that BJP has majority and yet no action is being taken.  Let us examine it a bit more dispassionately. Like I have written in one of my blogs much earlier, the rise and success of Modi is not just about his capability, vision, strategy, energy and hard work. It is also about the entirely avoidable failures of his opponents both within his own party and amongst the opposition with some substantial assistance from the media. Let us step back for a moment to quickly revisit this. As I have written in my blogs http://rvasisht.blogspot.in/2013/09/why-we-are-where-we-are-part-1.html  and http://rvasisht.blogspot.in/2013/09/why-we-are-where-we-are-part-2end.html the Congress worked hard to ensure they made avoidable mistakes and   never

As the nation celebrates the 125 birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the first PM of India we see a slew of articles and analysis not to speak of the competitive politics in his name. What amuses me in this whole exercise apart from the immaturity of the political parties especially the Congress is how almost every single writer is viewing the events of 1947-1964 from a 2014 prism and then passing value judgements. The congress is doing the biggest disservice to his memory by insulting the chair/ position of the PMO since from whatever I have read of him Nehru was a man who respected institutions, opponents and displayed graceful behaviour. Having said that let me move on. Let’s view the situation of India in 1947. Britain which had entered India as the East India Company to trade had over time conquered the country and ruled it for 200 years. The East India Company ruled from 1757 to 1858 and then on until 1947 the British queen ruled. We must remember here that long b