Today’s Times of India, Mumbai paper carried a news item which really surprised me. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh admitted openly that Congress is facing existential crisis and said that party leaders should make collective efforts to overcome the challenges the Congress party faced from PM Modi and BJP Chief Amit Shah. He further stated that…
Author: Anil Malik
Indian Railway
Few days back there was a news item that the woolen blankets which are provided by Railways with the bedding to AC sleeper class are not washed/dry cleaned for 3 months. There were enough comments from the all sections of society that this is very unhygienic and railway must do some thing about this problem….
Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna is highest civilian honour of our country. This award along with Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan were started by Govt of India in early 50s. The idea behind these awards was to honour Indian people for their service to mankind and nation. Slowly these awards and specially Bharat Ratna started taking…
Kashmir Militants
You are all aware that Kashmir is facing militancy for almost last 3 decades. I still remember that it started in a very small way , in 1989 summer when I visited Srinagar with my family in 1989 the locals used to say that this problem of small blasts in city and protest bandhs are hurting…
General Thoughts
Today I am not writing on any particular topic, there are some small general thoughts floating in my mind regarding recent happenings , which I want to share with you. Nitish Kumar, who has formed an alliance with BJP to run the Bihar govt has kept on making statement that he is against corruption in…
SBI
In April 2017, State Bank of India (SBI) merged its subsidiaries like State Bank of Mysore(SBM), State Bank of Travancore (SBT) , State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur(SBBJ) with the parent bank ie SBI. That time it was announced that the branches of subsidiaries’ bnaks will operate as it…
Bihar Politics
So Bihar politics has completed full circle in four years back. What an irony- friend turned foe and again turned friend. Four year backs in 2013, as soon as BJP announced Narendra Modi as their PM candidate, Nitish Kumar started saying he can not back Narendra Modi for PM’s post, because of Gujarat communal…
Nepotism 2
Yesterday in my blog, I had mentioned in brief about nepotism in Bollywood. Other than Film Industry nepotism is rampant in Politics. You are well aware that politics and acting does not require any educational qualifications, hence nepotism is prevalent in these fields. In other field you need some basic education like if Doctor’s children…
Nepotism 1
Recently Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut opened a can of worms and blamed noted film Producer/Director/Actor Karan Johar as he is the leader in promoting Nepotism in Bollywood. Nepotism is an old age problem in every sphere of Indian field for ages and what Kangana has said is very true for Bollywood. It is very true…
Mumbai Infra
Monsoon season in Mumbai has reached its halfway mark , considering the time period . Still almost 2 months are there for rains to go, but conditions of the roads are so bad that people are fed up with Municipal Corporation and other agencies who are appointed for upkeep of the roads. When you open…