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    Municipal polls and Parties

    Municipal polls and Parties By: Amit Bhushan Date: 25th March 2017 With political scene for Municipal poll in India’s capital gearing up, the challengers seem struggling to put together some strategy. This is even as those holding office are gearing towards a wholesale changeover but of...
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    The Donkey jibe & Media

    The Donkey jibe & Media By: Amit Bhushan Date: 25th Feb. 2017 The Netas do not seem to have much clue about the voter behavior and the commercial news media behavior, the subtle differences that is. The point of confusion can be that only a small fraction of public attend rallies while most of...
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    Courts, Water projects & Politics

    Courts, Water projects & Politics By: Amit Bhushan Date: 23rd Feb. 2017 Now we have interesting dimensions rising up post elections in the largest state which is almost a foregone conclusion. We have parties struggling over or more appropriately creating drama over the crucial water issues...
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    Post Elections Issue Wrap

    Post Elections Issue Wrap By: Amit Bhushan Date: 16th Feb. 2017 With the curtains on the electoral semi-finals likely to come over soon, the political temperatures are likely to cool off a bit and allow ‘real’ trouble areas/geographies as well as real issue to surface. It may be a good time to...
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    Party Bhagya & Public Bhagya

    Party Bhagya & Public Bhagya By: Amit Bhushan Date: 12th Feb. 2017 The joke around Bhagya is going louder. It is about the Bhagya of one’s state. To change Bhagya of state, one claims to change the ruling party in the state. Extending the analogy, to change Bhagya of one’s own self, one should...
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    Empower Argument vs M-power politics

    Empower Argument vs M-power politics By: Amit Bhushan Date: 11th Feb. 2017 With the commercial news media again coming forth to announce that ‘Community Leaders (or Khaps)’ of some select communities have decided to withhold their angst to favour some party while some other religious leaders...
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    Promise Results Vs Action Results

    Promise Results Vs Action Results By: Amit Bhushan Date: 5th Feb. 2017 With elections in the major state, political slugfest seems at its peak. On one side we have Netas and parties raising banner of Results that may have been obtained against the promises. On the other hand, parties want to...
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    Charge-Shout Politics; Will Netas in Gov rake Dividends

    Charge-Shout Politics; Will Netas in Gov rake Dividends By: Amit Bhushan Date: 1st Feb 2017 The Netas finding themselves wanting to have some answers often resort to bringing out Charge-sheets on their way to ‘talking’ strategy. This may have some administrative measures added to give it a...
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    Manifest Questions about Manifestos

    Manifest Questions about Manifestos By: Amit Bhushan Date: 29th Jan 2017 It is questions around seats and votes, culture and religion, castes and society even corruption and infra which are tossed up. However some basic questions about ‘Aaloo in the Khet’ or rural economy is ignored to be...
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    Tikhram Netas vs. Grounds up Netas

    Tikhram Netas vs. Grounds up Netas By: Amit Bhushan Date: 27th Jan. 2017 While elections have many themes especially in backdrop of Demonetization which has catapulted economic discussions to the forefront. While netas want yesteryear issues including social justice and the roar of backward...
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    The Payment Regulator Discussions

    The Payment Regulator Discussions Date: 23rd Jan 2017 By: Amit Bhushan It is interesting on how media would take the pressure off government and get into discussions which may not have a head or tail. Take the example of payments going cash-less wherein there is a public support to drive...
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    The Security and Democratic challenges in Asia-Pacific

    The Security and Democratic challenges in Asia-Pacific By: Amit Bhushan Date: 21st Jan 2017 The bleak signals emerging from the Numero Uno political power with confused to gloomy forecast by ‘political analysts’ pointing towards a security gloom in Asia, which require security balance from...
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    The Neta Business

    The Neta Business By: Amit Bhushan Date: 17th Jan 2017 Who is the Neta? The answer is really simple. One who can keep himself in ‘political power’ business? That’s the simplest explanation which works like hell in our polity. Almost all ‘smart’ Netas know this fact and therefore value system...
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    Demand for Cash-less and the discussion without ‘Byora’

    Demand for Cash-less and the discussion without ‘Byora’ By: Amit Bhushan Date: 16th Jan 2017 The demand for Cash-less transactions on the back of tax based incentives and dis-incentives for the corporate, small business and institutional sectors (non-profit, social included), is put on the...
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    The Focus on Identity vs Game

    The Focus on Identity vs Game By: Amit Bhushan Date: 14th Jan 2017 Come elections and the media with its sponsored Bhakts put full efforts on their own game, which is to hype identities. This is even where there Netas are already branded as people who would go on foreign jaunts at the drop of...
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    The Decision Pin-up controversy

    The Decision Pin-up controversy By: Amit Bhushan Date: 11th Jan 2017 With the Central Bank’s refusal to take credit for the famed decision, the government will be hard pressed to come up with its rationale backed by hard facts and data. There is likely to put measures that would strengthen...
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    The Samajik Nyaya Factor

    The Samajik Nyaya Factor By: Amit Bhushan Date: 9th January 2017 The bold decision to pursue respective ‘issues’ by ‘Samajik Nyaya’ factors, on the eve of the event, in the elections have a clear gambit around Sankhya or possible post elections ‘alliances’ or even ‘surprise alliance’ without a...
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    The Success/Failure songs and Elections

    The Success/Failure songs and Elections By: Amit Bhushan Date: 6th Jan. 2017 The songs of success and failures have always made for better campaigns. In past we had the netadoms love for Chalisa which now have given way to ‘Game’ questions. How the ‘Game’ works might be a bit different in that...
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    The Campaigns and Surveys

    The Campaigns and Surveys By: Amit Bhushan Date: 5th Dec. 2017 The poll announcements have brought various interests together on media, once again. Primarily, once again ‘views sellers’ and ‘survey tycoons’ have raised their play in this hour of great political needs. This is even as some of...
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    Better Economic Management and Economy vs Social Justice

    Better Economic Management and Economy vs Social Justice By: Amit Bhushan Date: 3rd Jan 2017 Between options of seeking votes for better economic management and seeking votes for Social Justice, we have a clear winner. Better Economy management or more pertinently ‘Development’ wins hands...
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