Mainstream Weekly

Andhra Pradesh Elections 2009: Some Reflections

Kadempally Sudhakar — 2009-08-16T14:06:13Z

In our so called democracy, it does not matter how many votes you have got but what matters is how many seats you have got by hook or crook. In nutshell this is the outcome in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh elections.
The Congress party is lucky, particularly Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy, for the simultaneous elections for both the Lok Sabha and Assembly in April 2009. Analysts say that these were the most expensive elections in the history of AP and India. It is alleged that each Assembly candidate (…)

- August 2009

Nuclear Deal : Mr Prime Minister, Why this Haste?

Kadempally Sudhakar — 2008-08-02T15:18:26Z

The entire nation is grappling with inflation, corruption, incompetent governance, food shortage, and farmers' suicides; half the children below 12 years do not have access to drinking water and schools. Ours is a nation where only two brothers could corner 30 per cent of the country's wealth by all means, including evading tax openly by importing Pushpak Vimanas as birthday gifts, and go scot-free. We should be proud of such dynamic entrepreneurs! Ours is a country which on the Human (…)

- August 2, 2008