There is no opposition, we are our own opposition,” Mamata Banerjee sounded stern. A cold, sweeping glance around the podium and the warnings continued, while party leaders hung their heads, avoiding eye contact. “I know who is doing what and who is contacting whom. I will not allow anyone to disrupt Maa-Maati-Manush (the Trinamool Congress […]
In early 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team was planning his visit to Washington and first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. On previous U.S. visits, Mr. Modi had addressed massive diaspora events in New York and San Jose, sending out a powerful message about the power of the Indian-American community and of the Indian […]
Forest Minister Satish Jarkiholi’s supposed opposition to Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar supervising the elections in North Karnataka, yet again, underlines the manner in which the family bands together, irrespective of their political opinions, when their “territorial authority” is questioned. His brother Ramesh Jarkiholi, who has now distanced himself from the Congress and is said to […]
