Pratibha Patil is sure to win these presidential polls. Shekhawat will roar like a wounded lion for sm time, cases against both will amount and even be filed in court, perhaps, but ultimately, Patil, or rather, the UPA will take the cake.

goodness, even Pakistan has a CJI who can and hopefully, will prevent Musharraf from taking office.

Next, we will have two more competitors for the President post, one will shout he's a murderer, immediately the other will sneer and shriek that he has extortion as an added benefit to murder.

And both factions will fight to dish out more and more fake charges and boasts from the candidates, except that it will be for their own.In the land, where Pappu Yadav aims to become PM, (even Karunanidhi and Amma do, i hope Bal Thackeray doesn't) the campaign for President after the next 5 years, is going to be really spicy.

After all, the Internet is also involved...not to mention the TRP craze that has captured the booming media. And we shall watch, sigh, frown, and pack our bags and leave for five-figured dollar-salaried jos in the US of A.

Once there, we shall repeat the watch-sigh-frown exercise again in front of our kids, but still teach them the 'Jana-Gana -Mana' and say 'Mera Bharat Mahan'!

Mahan indeed!

The battle for U.P

A corrupt ruling party, so-called 'secularist' opportunists, a saffron brigade and goons from jail.

Such is the political scenario in the 'heart of India', Uttar Pradesh, where definitely 'jurm kam nahi hai', as against what Mr.Bachchan promises us.

It is for a very startling reason that we are unable to predict the outcome of the upcoming of these polls.

Every party has messed up equally, and the competition now lies in the less mistakes one has comitted.

Which is exactly why Mulayam Singh hasn't spoken against the SC's order staying reservations.

He needs the upper class votes, as does the BSP's Mayawati.

The grass-root reality is this-(no big surprise)- Either the Congress or the SP will get a narrow majority, and the whole support-coalition-withdraw support when polls approach cycle will continue.

The spice, however, is the sugar-coated ironies that all our 'leaders' will deliver in the form of speeches in rallies.

I'm very eager to hear them do just that.

a really cool cartoon i found on d net!

njoy!

Why has the congress failed to garner votes in Punjab and Haryana?

Simple. It has lost its individual footing everywhere, with coalition manoa getting stronger each day..

It is no longer a sacrifice of ideas for any party to form a coalition.

And the electorate, dissatisfied with these 'secularists' that the congress calls itself, has been slowly and consciously switching to deliver a more religion-centric verdict than ever.

the question is, what else do we do if we do not gain by playing secular?

Naturally, hoist the 'dharma' or 'Hindutva' flag..

What a perfect time to act, isn't it?

No wonder the Congress is losing it's foothold in U.P

The only politics it participates in in UP is the politics of opportunism.

Mulayam Singh definitely has set up a government that encourages all sorts of crimes. But what is the Congress going to change? Sonia Gandhi is ready to launch rahul Gandhi in UP.

The only difference he will make is a young face, but progress?

More than lip service needs to be paid to U.P politics. The educational institutions, steel plants, power plants, are the temples of the future India. These need to be set up from the grass root level in Up and Bihar.

They are way behind the entire country.

The states need a new generation,' a generation of the revolution in India.'

Rahul Gandhi seems to be a fixture who remains static.

He is not the solution, but by sheer irony, the aam aadmi is.