PRG's Thoughts

The Left is gone the Left is gone. My flu is still here but the Left is gone. And if I had to choose between tolerating a fever for a few more days or tolerating the Left for a few more years I would choose the former. Here are some initial thoughts on the results, the winners, losers and the lessons we learned. I would love some comments here, because I could be way off the mark in my assessments and would love to get your perspective. Here we go  Yay for Stability - As I mentioned in my last blog I was alright with either the UPA or NDA coming in to power, but was only concerned about the partners they would have to choose. The Congress' performance took that concern and flung it out of the window. We will now have a stable government. And with no Left holding a gun to their head every time they want to do anything progressive, the UPA will be able to govern freely and hopefully implement some economic policies that the Left would not let them. The Congress - Whether you like the...

With BJP losing the South Mumbai seat to Shiv Sena most pundits believed that Milind Deora had locked up his second election. Not so fast though, the South Mumbai race is getting interesting. The Shiv Sena has fielded Mohan Rawale a sitting MP from the South Central Mumbai constituency, part of which has been relocated to be part of South Mumbai. The BSP is also apparently fielding a candidate in South Mumbai who is supposed to eat in to the votes of the sitting MP. Seems like a regular election right? Well all that changed these past few days. Meera Sanyal, the head of ABN Amro Bank, announced her candidacy for the South Mumbai seat. In addition to this Dr. Mona Patel Shah announced her intention to run and she is supported by the Professionals Party of India , a relatively new party that is gaining some momentum with the political unrest in the city post the Mumbai attacks of last November. Few thoughts. Firstly, congratulations to both Mrs. Sanyal and Dr. Shah. A lot of people we...