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 [...]
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 6th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam The dust is finally settling down. The game of alliances has assumed some discernible form at last. And what do we have? A different United Progressive Alliance (UPA) which is not really as it exists in the present Government. A National Democratic Alliance which looks pretty emaciated. A third front which is [...]
March 19th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam A few months ago when the left parties were virtually out of the media gaze, following Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh dumping them, a non-congress southern satrap was in constant touch with the left parties hoping to revive the third front. The conversations would go on, with little hope of being able to [...]
March 13th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Five years back when Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh was hoisted on the nation by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi after rejecting the demand for herself to occupy the throne, he had made it clear that the mandate was for Sonia Gandhi, and not for me. For some this statement was an act [...]
February 28th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam When the United Progressive Alliance was formed following the defeat of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the 2004 general elections, many did not give the newly cobbled up alliance much time for survival. The BJP leadership in particular in fact gave it only six months and later kept revising the fall-date, [...]
February 23rd, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam The forthcoming general elections will be throwing up many issues which are bound to be taken up by the political class and the media for discussion as the campaign hots up. One however wonders whether what happened over five months back at the Batla House in the capital will be an issue, [...]
February 19th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam The countdown for the next Lok Sabha elections has begun in right earnest, and for the first time probably in the Indian elections, we have a happy situation where the voters are faced with two clear alternatives for the Prime Ministership. Despite the media’s penchant for creating confusion regarding the UPA’s choice, [...]
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