BK Chowla Thanks! This emerged from a tweet of mine and then took on a life of its own!

Aman. Thanks for your appreciation! Yes, the Chauhan syndrome needs to be addressed. Can't keep using same weapons/tools/tactics irrespective of who you are fighting.

Rati, thanks!

BK Chowla well, one lawyer has since shown his buttocks! And others seem to have closed ranks to defend him. Says it all.

Rachna, indeed. But despair must propel us to action.

Jeff -)

Prashant Thanks! Had I written after seeing Saint Singhvi's thrusts, it would have been spicier!

Rati, indeed they are!

Happy Kitten, yes, what they are saying is Bhag BoseDK.

BK Chowla, let's wait and see what UP throws up.

Strong words, but not out of place.

Unfortunately, Sudha, I am unable to bring myself to writing long posts again. Many reasons, one of which is Twitter. May be I need a couple of 'doses' like yours, and some words that motivate, to get going once more.

You sound so like Diggy!

While I agree with you that Advani's rath yatra should be stopped, I simply do not agree that Jaitley or Sushma are the right choices to lead the BJP in future, for many reasons. I wonder if you read a detailed post I had written sometime back explaining why.

Yes, it has caused a flutter. A sign of the decline of the Congress and an acknowledgment of the achievements and rise of Modi.

While I share your sentiment, I cannot agree that the BJP as a whole is better than the Congress. It certainly is in states like MP, Jharkhand and Gujarat. But at the center there is a real problem of values and identification. Advani's rath yatra, to me, seems quite pointless.

It seems a lot has happened since I wrote this post. Modi has sudddenly emerged as the most serious contender for the PM's job, in a new avatar that, over time will blunt the secular attack on him.

Advani, however, seems intent on continuing with his Yatra. Hope at the end of it he graciously bows out of contention.

Hi Georg,

You are absolutely right.For India to climb up the ladder this needs to be fixed.

But there is a paradox here in India. Many of those historically responsible for breeding this culture of corruption have studied in some of the best universities in the West; even now, those who have most benefited from big ticket corruption, those most comfortable with it and most interested in perpetuating it are those with similar exposure. This applies to politicians, journalists, businessmen etc. Exceptions apart, they have not picked up the best individual and national values that have powered the West.

I have not been able to fathom why. And no one here seems to be interested in doing so either.