Bunch of Thoughts

For the last 3 weeks media houses have declared an all out war against the BJP and the Central government. Their goal is to package non-issues as scams so that the Congress can prevent the functioning of parliament. This will hold up legislations which will impact the economy... Before we get into what drives this behaviour .. lets analyse the so called scams ... At the heart of these scams is Lalit Modi. He is portrayed as a fugitive and among India's most wanted. Being seen with Lalit Modi is now tantamount to corruption and even treason... before we get judgemental on Lalit .... here are a few facts Lalit Modi has been served notices by the ED under FEMA. Other folks who received the same notices are BCCI and N Srinivasan Getting a ED notice is like a getting an IT notice. The only difference is that ED looks into foreign currency income. Like IT, ED charges under FEMA attracts a penalty i.e. a fine which needs to be paid up. This is civil case which requires no b...

Working for a corporate, every year we need to take mandatory trainings to identify, report and prevent behaviours which are deemed as 'sexual harassment' at the workplace. Per law, 'sexual innuendos' which make a woman uncomfortable constitute sexual harassment. Despite having taken these trainings, I had never imagined that I would get a witness a prominent minster in the Modi government be 'sexually harassed' on live TV by Aajtak, India's #1 Hindi news channel owned by the India Today Group during a show meant to evaluate the performance of the HRD ministry. Ashok S, an editor of AajTak asks a question loaded with sexual innuendo - watch it here For a moment there was a glee on Ashok's face which soon vanishes. He tried to recover by stating that his reference was only to the fact that Smitri Irani is a college drop out. I wonder if AajTak would treat Sonia Gandhi the same way... for she is only a school dropout.....  Its been 24...