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...

While I do admire that Mrs. Meera Sanyal took it upon herself to be an instrument of change, I just wish the instrument was better tuned before it began playing in the orchestra. When it comes to representing south Mumbai and being a member of parliament, I am afraid Meera Sanyal is in unfamiliar waters and it is clear that she has no idea what she is doing. I had the opportunity to hear Mrs. Meera Sanyal, Mr. Milind Deora (Congress), Mr. Mohan Rawale (Shiv Sena), Dr. Mona Shah (Professionals Party of India) and Mr. Bala Nandgaonkar (MNS) speak at an event organized at Altamount Road in South Mumbai this evening. It was a great platform for voters to meet their candidates and get to know what they are all about. I was most curious to see what Meera Sanyal was like. Much has been said about this lady and she seems to be gathering support in some circles. Needless to say she was drastically disappointing.   Five minutes in to her speech it was easy to judge that she was clueless on ...

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...