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AAP KYOM AISA? THIS IS THE UNEDITED VERSION OF MY ARTICLE “NEEDED AAP-STYLE SCHOOL OF POLITICS” published in The Global ANALYST, February 2014 AAP School of Politics* M G WARRIER  Everyone who has a pen, is writing about the broom and its impact on India Growth Story. I do not want to be the odd man out. More than that, it is time to use the seive simultaneously with the broom. The message sent out by AAP from Delhi is being deciphered by different people in different ways. Naturally, the responses have been diverse. From Rahul Gandhi who said ‘Congress has to learn a lot from AAP’(perhaps this one insight weaved some substance into his speech at AICC during the third week of January 2014!) which observation has been taken seriously by many political parties, to N R Narayana Murthy who said ‘What Arvind(Kejriwal) has done is that he has redefined what is possible’ and added that he would still ‘Bat for Nilekani’ the politically and financially wise who responded t...

A finishing school for politicians - Moneylife There are schools, colleges, institutes and even universities grooming candidates for different careers , but none for politics . Time is opportune for India to think of establishing Schools of Politics at all levels

Jan Lokpal: missing the legal story - The Hindu INTERESTING ANALYSIS My online comments: Read this article today(February 14) after watching the Delhi Assembly proceedings on TV in the afternoon. The observation, "It should perhaps not come as a surprise that the records of the Delhi Assembly indicate that the BJP legislators walked out in protest against this motion introduced by the Chief Minister." in the concluding paragraph makes one feel that history doesn't forgive those who were part of it! < from:  M G WARRIER Posted on: Feb 14, 2014 at 17:35 IST   

Regulators should intervene only in case of grave violation says Chidambaram - Moneylife My View: Online comments: MG Warrier I AM AFRAID, INDIA IS NOT RIPE YET, FOR THE KIND OF REGULATORY APPROACH, FM IS TALKING ABOUT. SUCH AN APPROACH WILL SUIT SITUATIONS WHERE SELF-REGULATION' HAS MATURED. HERE, EVEN LAW MAKERS ENSURE BUILT-IN LOOP-HOLES TO CIRCUMVENT PROVISIONS!

Banks seek LIC's helping hand | Business Standard

How much of Indian Constitution is for “We, the people”? - Moneylife This article was written in November 2012 and posted at Moneylife.in Thought, post-AAP-rise, a revisit is worth. M G Warrier

Letters: PSUs' health | Business Standard Letters: PSUs' health Business Standard  |  New Delhi  February 11, 2014 Last Updated at 21:02 IST This refers to the report "Finance Minister asks banks to go after willful defaulters" (February 11). It is common knowledge that the government has been milking profit-making public sector undertakings ( PSUs ), including public sector banks and statutory bodies, by making unreasonable demands for cash transfers and diversion of resources to less-profitable avenues. If Finance Minister P Chidambaram 's expectation that "humongous" capital is required in the future comes from genuine concern for the health of PSUs, then this should be demonstrated by curbing "informal" directions to transfer surplus income and profit to the government and the declaration of dividends to meet a budgeted "quota" of receipts from government-owned organisations. M G Warrier T...