The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has complained that many bureaucrats in his administration moved slowly and were not cooperating with his government's initiatives which ultimately hampered the people's works. He made the grievance publicly during a program in Nagpur and his comments attracted intense displeasure from the bureaucracy.
Even political analysts and opposition leaders saw this complaint as a lame excuse by Fadnavis for many of the failures of his government. However, he could be forgiven for putting...
Monday, November 16, 2015
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Where was your dharma then?
It is a common practice during the hunt that some men are used to create noise and push the prey towards a specific direction. The animal is taken towards a spot where it can be hunted be easily. The tamasha of returning awards, which the recipients got during earlier regimes, brings to memory the same practice. The self-styled authors and artists are crying hoarse in unison so that noise is created, government is forced to go in a particular direction and then it would be easier to hunt it down. Those who are taking out their awards from the...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Allies Keep Their Honor Intact
It was no less than a clash of titans and the whole of Maharashtra, at least the Maharashtra that takes interest in politics, was looking at it anxiously. The Kalyan Dombiwali Municipal Corporation's election promised a close, almost bloody fight and it turned out to be so. However, in the end, both the two parties could claim final victory but managed to keep their honor intact. Even though Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party share the power in the state and the center, neither of the parties shares cordial relations. Not that they had sweet...
Thursday, September 24, 2015
CM Fadnavis Shows His Distinctness
Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has showed his distinctness with his measured yet aggressive response to an open letter written by journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. This was not a unique action as many politicians of yore had taken to writing articles in the newspapers to articulate their position. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee even penned long muse when he was mired in political controversies and problems. However,...
Sunday, September 06, 2015
People are enjoying religion as never before
Twice within last ten days, I travelled to Nashik, that old city in North Maharashtra which, it is said, Lord Ram, Seeta and Lakshman visited while in their exile to forest. The city reverberates with the same ancient spirit of holiness and faith. And this time, the spirit is especially evident as millions of devotees throng to the banks of river Godavari to have a dip in its specially-made clean stream during the auspicious period of Sinhastha....
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Why Raj Thackeray still rules the audience
After tasting two consecutive defeats in the parliamentary and assembly elections in Maharashtra, the political pundits and public in general, thought that Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was doomed and his political career is finished. With no presence in either house of parliament and but nominal presence in state legislature - MNS has just one member in state assembly - Raj's clout was nowhere to be seen. Even the numerous...
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Chimanrao for this generation
It has been over a century since C. V. Joshi created the most famous literary character of Maharashtra – Chimanrao. This quintessential middle-class clerk is to the Maharashtra what Feluda is to the Bengal and Swamy is to the Karnataka – though their genres are a distant apart. Chimanrao, a common man serving under the British masters and running the household as thousands of his generation did, is always the butt of the jokes and precarious situations...
Sunday, April 05, 2015
Marathi and Punjabi Warmth Gets New Manifestation
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal (right) presenting a sword to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis as Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu (center) looks on.
The warmth of relations between
Marathi and Punjabi received a new manifestation on Sunday as leaders from the
two states thanked each other and announced a slew of measures for promoting
each other’s culture in both...
Maharashtrians Enjoy the Punjabi Hospitality
The
88th edition of the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (ABMSS)
has given the Maharashtrians the occasion to enjoy the hospitality of
the Punjabi people. The entire Ghuman village in Gurdaspur district
has turned into Mini Maharashtra for the last threee days.
The
literary meet,surprisingly, has become centre of attraction for many.
The guests from Maharashtra are not only enjoying the Marathi
programmes, but are...
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Monday, March 02, 2015
Marathi Literary Meet in Punjab Creates Buzz
The 88th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (literary meet) is to take place next month at Ghuman, Punjab. The choice of location has aroused quite an amount of curiosity. This is the first time that the annual meet is taking place in such a far away place. Everybody is anxious to know what happens to this mega event in a land where Marathi speaking population is scarcely available. Organizing the literary meet out of Maharashtra is not a new development....
