We need a budget for the aam aadmi and not a budget that pleases the aam aadmi

We need a budget for the aam aadmi and not a budget that pleases the aam aadmi

January 28, 2011

I am almost one hundred percent sure when I write this that the budget, which our honourable finance minister is going to present before the Parliament next month, is going to be a hugely populist one. Although nothing different from other previous budgets – which were more of political rhetoric than anything else – this time, it is different. This time, it is more of a compulsion for the UPA, which is finding itself cornered with respect to untamable inflation on the one hand, and equally unbeatable corruption cases and scams on the other.

Even in stampedes, those are our poor who lose their lives

January 21, 2011

Sabarimala is considered one of the most popular pilgrimage destinations, so much so that it finds its place in the global list of top pilgrimage sites, sharing space with the Vatican and the Kumbh. Even Forbes Traveler features this destination among its list of the “World’s 10 most popular religious pilgrim centres”. Paradoxically, this pilgrimage destination that attracts around 60 million tourists (both domestic and foreign) annually, has failed to make the site safer for its pilgrims.

Originally posted at http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

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