May 9th, 2009 
Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu Why has the Tamil Nadu election scene got muddled up, and why is there this general feeling that there would be no sweep in favour of either of the two combines, led by DMK and AIADMK. It is not that there are no hopefuls who still predict, on both [...]
May 8th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu The politics of Tamil Nadu for a long time had been the story of the bitter rivalry between the two stalwarts of the Tamil film industry, friends turned foes, M.Karunanidhi and MG Ramachandran (MGR). Ever since MGR in the seventies walked out of the DMK, and decided to form [...]
May 7th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam When it comes to theatrics no state can beat Tamil Nadu. A state which has based its politics around films and film stars, for the last over 40 years, it comes as no surprise. What makes the present elections poignant is that it just may be the last elections, the Tamil film [...]
May 2nd, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam As we enter the final stretches of the Poll marathon, results of which is still two weeks away, one is appalled by how little we are talking of the real issues being faced by the nation in this election. This became more evident when one went around the Western Uttar Pradesh belt, [...]
April 28th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Five years ago around this time when the elections to the 14th Lok Sabha was underway, and then ruling NDA was riding the India Shining bandwagon, Congress which had been out of power for the previous eight years, was at its lowest morale. Even its drum beaters in their war room at [...]
April 20th, 2009 Girish Nikam For a long time in Bihar, the Muslims who constitute 16.5 percent of the 9 crore population, have been lulled into smugness by the relatively peaceful communal atmosphere in the State. This has been largely due to the unabashed pro-Muslim policy adopted by RJD Chief Lalu Yadav in all these almost 20 years that he [...]
April 15th, 2009 Girish Nikam There has always been a joke about bumping into Malayalis in any part of the world, why even in Moon and Mars. That credit (or is it discredit?) should now legitimately go to the Biharis, or atleast they should share it with the Malayalis. Why they have now become such a ubiquitous presence across the [...]
April 14th, 2009 Girish Nikam Its indeed been a voyage of discovery, every time one travels in the hinterlands of Bihar, and the education continues. Much has been talked about criminals in politics and their nexus with politicians. One has to wander around Maharajganj and Siwan to understand this nexus. These are two places where criminals with records of murder [...]
April 13th, 2009 Girish Nikam Is Lalu Yadav losing hold over Bihar which he had ruled and ridden rough shod for 15 years? Or will he bounce back as he has done several times in the past ? Will he able to disprove the prophets of his doom once more? For Lalu Yadav this is almost a do or die [...]
April 11th, 2009 Girish Nikam What do people of Bihar want in the present election? A one crore rupee question, indeed, if it was asked on Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khans KBC(Kaun banega crorepati, for the uninitiated). Having spent a little over 24 hours and travelling for over half a day into north west Bihar, through Hajipur, Chapra and [...]
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