March 10th, 2011 
Girish Nikam Any political party dealing with the two Dravidian parties, DMK or AIADMK, is aware that it will have to muster its best bargaining skills. The hallmark of these two parties, more so the DMK, has been the brinkmanship it indulges in. These Dravidian party leaders won’t bat an eye lid before taking the relationship to [...]
February 16th, 2011 Girish Nikam For the last five months or more, ever since the Commonwealth Games scam broke out, the UPA Government had come under a siege, with one scandal and scam after another tumbling out. For the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh, seen as probably the most honest Prime Minister India has ever had, this period has been the [...]
November 27th, 2010 Girish Nikam Prabhu Chawla, Editor(Languages), India Today group, has sent a rejoinder to us on the extracts of his conversation with Niira Radia published on this site on Nov.21(http://indiasreport.com/magazine/data/radia-tapes-how-top-journalists-have-turned-handmaidens-of-ambani-brothers/. Following is his rejoinder: Much has been made about a conversation that Nira Radia had with me. This is just to put the record straight. The 13 minute [...]
August 25th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam When Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Mayawati is on a statue building spree, and has even got into trouble with the judiciary as well as the environmentalists, comes news from deep down South about the kind of statue diplomacy which has surprised one and all. Last week, the Chief Ministers of Tamil [...]
May 29th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam At the best of times the process of cabinet formation is a thankless exercise, and allocating portfolios is a much more complex work out. And when it is a coalition Government it makes it that much more difficult for any Prime Minister. Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh and the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi [...]
May 27th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Has the latest Lok Sabha elections thrown up a new trend in this country? Will we see voters getting less and less enthused with the call for voting for their biradari and jat? Will the voters look up to parties and candidates and combines who they perceive as being best to push [...]
May 13th, 2009 Girish Nikam Election Trail-Tamil nadu By Girish Nikam As the fifth and final phase of polling concludes today, the big question on the minds of everyone is what is going to be the result. The exit polls on various news channels will give some understanding of what we expect. Meanwhile, here is my own projection of the [...]
May 12th, 2009 Girish Nikam Election Trail-Tamil nadu By Girish Nikam For this man who has held the centre stage in Indian politics for years, the whole world is an oyster. He has earned praise from some of the most prominent world leaders and institutions for his acumen as a finance minister. Lately even in his new job as the [...]
May 11th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam After having been banished by his father for years to Madurai, and neglected, in comparison to Stalin, his younger brother, M.K.Azhagiri, the elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Supremo, M.Karunanidhi is desperate not to let go off this opportunity which he has got. Contesting elections for the Lok Sabha [...]
May 10th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu What happens in a state where there is no paucity of sops showered on the people? They will look for more! Tamil Nadu has been one State where successive governments have not only offered free sops, but have also successfully implemented them. Right from the time, when the phenomenal [...]
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