Editorail
It reminds me of the play ‘Andheri Nagri’. There is one fixed price for everything in the city. One can have the run of the mill Bhaji or premium sweet like Khaja) at the same price. The citizens are not allowed to question these rulers who come up with these stupidities or even talk about irrational and unjust policies of the King and his administrators who design and implement these twisted rules regarding Commerce, Law and Ethics, making it an undesirable place for live and deal with irrespective of monetary or strategic benefits. The story has great resemblance to what is currently going on in India. Thus the current situation reflects the line "Andheri nagri Chaupat raja, takeh ser bhaji, takeh ser khaja".
Economic Crisis
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is the worst of the times for Indian economy. Rising prices have hit it hard. There are now indications that prices of onions and other vegetables are rising with the increasing activities of retail chains – Indian and foreign.
Politics
By Siddhartha shankar mishra
India, the largest democratic country and also home to the fair and regular elections.
Elections aim at providing the power to select the one by whom we want to be governed. Looking the present statistics, are we really choosing the adroit body to govern us or the candidates are besmirch to the constitution, the elections, and the Indian freedom struggle?
interview
By Soumitra Bose
Poised, elegant, down-to-earth, non-partisan, now-elderly, now-matronly, all-concerned, firmly-entrenched three-time-in-row Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit holds the distinction of being the only woman chief minister in India who has led her party to three consecutive victories in assembly elections. Dikshit is the longest-serving and second woman chief minister of Delhi (first woman M of Delhi was still-remembered, still-fondly-recollected Sushma Swaraj). Sheila Dikshit, who represents New Delhi constituency in the legislative assembly, also served as a Union minister (Minister of State in PMO was her portfolio) during 1986-1989. Dikshit's astute-n-shrewd political acumen is much appreciated because she has managed to defeat the BJP three times in its so-called traditional bastion - a predominantly middle-class, educated and urban Delhi. Over the years, Sheila Dikshit has emerged one of the most powerful chief ministers in the Congress. Continuing in this spirit, Dikshit gives an interview to Just In Print.
Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
Is it beyond us to manage the economy? A rumour sets the salt market in Bihar afire raising salt price to Rs 150 a kg.
The inflation data does not capture that. But the indices touch new highs – wholesale at 7 per cent and retail rises by 10.09 per cent in a seven month-cycle and over 18.09 per cent in a yearly cycle.
Even non-food items are rising beyond the RBI tolerance level of 5 per cent. These are rising at 5.3 per cent.
Price hike
By Siddhartha shankar mishra
Price rise is one of the most ticklish current problems. Whenever we go to make some purchases in the market, we learn to our great disappointment that the prices of most of the commodities have risen. And sometimes quite exorbitantly. There are several reasons for this steep rise in prices.
Travel
By Nibhanapudi Suguna
It was the summer of 2006 we got the opportunity to visit my sister in Chennai for one of our family functions. Brought up in North since childhood (due to the postings of our father who served Air Force), we always looked forward to our trip to South India and loved to accompany parents to visit our cousins down South. Now having married and settled in Delhi for the last thirty years, whenever I get chance to visit any place in South I make it a point to visit the nearby famous temples.
interview
By Soumitra Bose
In an exclusive interview with JUST IN PRINT, firebrand, self-assured, fully confident, (for good cause) fighter-sounding, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy clearly says that he will always support United Andhra (Pradesh) for the minutest, overall, balanced conceivable-inconceivable all round growth/s of the state without any bias, partisan approach of any kind.
interview
By Soumitra Bose
BJP's already-hyped, massively-touted, gorgeously-projected Delhi CM Candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan is sure to sway the Delhiites in BJP'sfavour in the next assembly elections in the city. . A Sangh swayamsevak since ninth standard, Dr Harsh Vardhan became instrumental in eradicating polio from India in 1993 and also devised a model drug policy, which was followed not only all over India but also in many foreign countries like the UK and Latin American countries. After being declared as Chief Minister candidate of BJP in Delhi now he wants to eradicate corruption and many other ills concerning Delhi. In an exclusive interview to JIP Political Editor Soumitra Bose, he explained his vision for Delhi. Excerpts:
Community
By : Himadrish Suwan
“I was born as a Hindu, but I will not die as a Hindu” -Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Gossips
By Soumitra Bose
‘Chanakya’ Kejriwal
After tom-toming with ‘all-n-sundry’ (“for my Aam Aadmi Party all are welcome in the spirit of Pahele AAP, Aakhir Mein Bhee Aap and as long as they help AAP candidates win and make me CM of Delhi”) to win ensuing Delhi Elections, toughened AAP ‘boss’, ‘sir’, ‘netajee’ (apart from these, so many other sobriquets as well) Arvind Kejriwal taking the name of Swami Vivekananda (he’s studied in his school in West Bengal) is wooing his AAP candidates inherently follow Chanakya diktats with “Jhaaroo” (symbol of AAP) : when equals fight, both will perish; carefully watch activities of adversaries (including Ur own kith-n-kin); let there be (dis)unity in (dis)agreement; it is essential to safeguard own enterprises from harmful activities of adversaries; joining the weak is cause of grief; use shaam, danda, bheda, munda to win election; do treaty with strong opponent; do not do treaty with weak, ineligible opponent; brightness of opponent is sufficient reason for concluding agreement keeping own self-respect intact; never fight with equally strong one… . These Guru Mantra(s) have been inveterately ingrained among the Kejriwal-followers, Kejriwal-lieutanants, Kejriwal-candidates so that they do not falter in any way while canvassing for AAP and its candidates. The latter have assured Kejriwal to be ‘Chanakya-all-of-them’ in their own right. Kejriwal-thrill now knows no bound/s. He is now sure that he would score very many unseen, uncalculated, unfathomed, unexpected surprises in the coming assembly elections.