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What is the economic analysis of Kejriwal's freebies model?

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Freebies from political parties has reached unsustainable level. Arvind Kejriwal ruled Delhi for 11 years on the basis of freebies. Arvind Kejriwal learned this from his mentor Mamata Banerjee. UP government under Mulayam Singh Yadav distributed freebies like cycle and laptops. Earlier Tamil Nadu politicians distributed tv, fridge, cycles etc. as part of freebie politics. This trend became alarming after Arvind Kejriwal misused a large chunk of tax payer’s money for freebies. BJP and congress were compelled to follow Kejriwal’s freebie model. Karnataka election promises and 2024 general election khata khat scheme from congress follows Kejriwal model. BJP’s Ladli Behna and Delhi election freebies helped BJP to win elections but there is a cost to the society with these freebies. Modi government started free ration for poor people during Covid-19 pandemic but still it is continuing. An NGO worker asked a 35-year-old unemployed youth standing at the village's paan shop, "Why don...

Has the Kumbh Mela ended?

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The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 eneded on 26 February 2025. At the end of Maha Kumbh 2025, UP CM cleaned the venue with broom, gave financial rewards to sanitary workers and police personnel. This is a perfect way to end this mega religious event. People did not spent a single rupee on food. Kumbh Mela was brimming with stalls and groups feeding millions (literally) of people, at no cost. From Khichuri to Idli-Dosa, Sabji -Poori to tea - Almond Milk, people are beseeching others to accept meals from them. These groups would catch hold of pilgrims and implore them to have meal at their stall. They don't charge a single penny; but frown if someone offers to contribute any financial donation. The food is not just tasty, but highly hygienic and healthy (Fried food is not 'considered' unhealthy here ). On the last day of Kumbh Mela, when about 100 million pilgrims were present in the city, there were stalls to feed even more. If you ask them direction, they'd give you a cup of tea ...

What were the biggest failures of Jawahar Lal Nehru's diplomacy?

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India PM Nehru’s generosity is well documented when he gifted 81% Indus basin water to Pakistan in 1960 and successfully created a strong enemy on the western front. Even the western media criticised Nehru for being so naïve. But nobody had the courage to criticise Nehru in India. These are comments by some prominent Indians on Indus Water Treaty (IWT). "No country in history has voluntarily gifted its water resources to a hostile neighbour, except India under Nehru." – S.K. Munshi, Former Union Minister "Diplomacy without power is like music without instruments." – K.M. Panikkar, Indian Diplomat "If I were to name the most naive leader in post-colonial history, it would be Nehru." – Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, Former Indian Army Chief “The Indus Treaty is the greatest sell-out in independent India’s history." – Madhav Godbole, Former Union Home Secretary "No nation provides water to a country that sponsors terrorism against it, except India....

What are the best lessons I can learn by observing Rahul Gandhi?

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By observing RaGa, I realised why he lost 91 elections till now. He made nasty comments about Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony, he didn’t visit Ram temple, he didn’t visit Prayagraj Maha Kumbh despite the fact that his ancestors lived in Prayagraj. Priyanka Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge made unwanted nasty comments about Maha Kumbh. RaGa, however, greeted Ramzan wishes online. Clearly he has set his priority to project congress party as Muslim League of 21st century. This may be a political strategy or blunder. It may be possible that he is getting paid from abroad to do this. But the biggest problem area of RaGa is that he and Mallikarjun Kharge didn’t attend the Republic Day 2025 parade and the evening reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. RaGa is not just an MP now. He is LoP (Leader of Opposition) which is a constitutional post and Mallikarjun Kharge is the President of opposition party congress. It is not that they were abroad. They were in New Delhi but failed to attend a ‘...

Are all Indian NGOs involved in anti national activities and should be banned in Modi Raj?

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Chandan Gupta was killed at Kasganj, UP on Jan 26, 2018 just because he was in the rally where people were celebrating Republic Day by hoisting national the flag. On January 3, 2025 NIA Court's special judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi (V.S. Tripathi) convicted 28 accused from the Muslim community for the brutal murder of Abhishek alias Chandan Gupta of Kasganj on January 26, 2018 and sentenced them to life imprisonment, while acquitting 2 accused, giving them the benefit of doubt. This gruesome murder was committed by people from the Muslim community goons during Chandan's Tiranga Yatra. Apart from the punishment of life imprisonment, Justice Tripathi raised another pertinent issue and that is the collusion for money of the top lawyers, on which the Judges of the Supreme Court and every High Court turn a blind eye. Justice Tripathi, while pronouncing the sentence, raised questions on the role of "National and Foreign NGOs engaged in defending the culprits" and sent a ...

Did the Indian National Congress really try to distort the Indian history as claimed by many?

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The distortion of Indian history by continued by PM Indira Gandhi which was started by Maulana Azad during Nehru era. The leftist JNU professor Syed Nurul Hasan manipulated Indian history books and Indira Gandhi made him the Union Education Minister to get the support of the leftists. Later he was also Governor of Bengal for long time when the state was ruled by communist leader Jyoti Basu. This is from the year 1971. Indira Gandhi needed help from the leftists to remain the Prime Minister, so the agreement was that you remain the Prime Minister and give the country's education board to our people. That is why Dr. Nurul Hasan, who had a staunch leftist ideology, was given the post of Union Minister of State for Education. In 1972, these secularists formed the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and announced to rewrite history. The work of writing history afresh was started by rejecting the books written by eminent historians like Jadunath Sarkar, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar a...