Author: Anil Malik

The Accidental Prime Minister Last month a Hindi movie named ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, which was based on the book of the same name, and the book is based on the memories of  Sanjaya Baru, who was Media advisor of PM Manmohan Singh from 2004 to 08. All the Congressmen started objecting that the movie…

Today I am writing about a politician who is always in the news for last 5 years, and his political career has gone through ups and downs. He has been always a much maligned leader who has been involved in many court cases against him over the years. He was jailed, exiled from his home…

Today’s topic on the weekend is again on Bollywood and this time I am writing about top 10 Directors, whose films have been commercially successful and were liked by masses and many times  critics as well. #10- It is tie between Manmohan Desai- He was often called King of Masala films, his films were totally…

Today I read an very interesting news item , which is about human  and computer. IBM  fell short in their latest attempt to say that machines are far superior to man, but their try was very close. IBM’s six year old artificial intelligence system for debate, popularly known as ‘Miss Debater’ or AI-IBM’s debating machine,…

Today I am writing about the changes which happened over  the last six decades in the commercial branded goods. Popular Commercial Brands Over The Years 50s- Popular commercial brands were Lux & Lifebuoy, Rexona and Pears for Bath soaps, Dalda for Vanspati Ghee, Energy Food and Shangrila for Biscuits, Fiat & Ambassadors for cars, Tata…

Politics & Politicians  Over The Years :  Let us see how the polity changed over the years -In the 50s the political leaders had the aura and clean image, in general they were not corrupt. Even in that period some wrong elements started entering politics with the aim of making unaccounted (Black) money. The PM…

People  of younger generations may not know about Goa’s liberation episode of the history. Goa was earlier ruled by Portugal for centuries. Liberation of Goa The Portuguese colonised India in 1510, conquering many parts of the western coast and establishing several colonies in the east. By the end of the 19th century, Portuguese colonies in…

With general elections approaching in 2 months, the political atmosphere is getting hotter day by day. There is nothing happening in Parliament, which may be the last session before the elections. Parliament proceedings are stalled by one way or the other. Yesterday opposition stalled the Parliament on the issue of face off between Mamta Banerjee…

Yesterday I wrote about happening in Kolkata on the issue of face off between Kolkata Police and CBI team which  went there to question Police Commissioner regarding Sarada and other Ponzi scams. From what I read in newspapers today, it look like as if  Mamta Banerjee and her party TMC are behaving in a very …

Political scene in country is hotting up, with General Elections approaching in next two months. Few interesting developments during last few days are worth discussing about : Interim budget- There were certain concessions announced in Interim budget 2019.  Few of them concerning  Personal  income tax are- No income tax to be paid for taxable income…