Arun Kumar, Author at The Hindu Sentinel

UP: BJP’s dwindling prospects could signify a lull before the storm

Posted on 2017/01/27 by Arun Kumar | 1 Comment

Samajwadis might be thumping their chests in joy and they definitely have a reason (or more) to. Winning the Cycle symbol, electing Akhilesh Yadav as the party supremo, the crowd at the rallies and the dwindling prospects of BJP could…

Goa : Demystifying Shah’s speech in Vasco

Posted on 2017/01/26 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

If BJP President, Amit Shah’s recent speech in Vasco is any indication, it is clear Manohar Parrikar would take center stage in BJP’s Goa stint and that his speech cannot be dismissed as a mere electoral hyperbole. He minced no…

Samajwadi Party: All ‘hands’ on ‘cycle’

Posted on 2017/01/24 by Arun Kumar | 1 Comment

If there was such a thing as Masters in Image Management, then Akhilesh certainly graduated in ‘first class with distinction’. Having realized, he stood a very little chance in UP, Akhilesh devised a master plan to hog limelight and thereby…

Demonetization effect: If Modi is trying to reach people, Mamata is trying to reach Modi

Posted on 2016/12/27 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

West Bengal supremo, Mamata Banerjee should thank Modi for Demonetization. Although, she appears to be steely and oppose Demonetization, she should be secretively thanking PM Modi, for, this gave her a massive political opportunity to become even more relevant in…

Punjab Elections : Why victory should be a concern for BJP?

Posted on 2016/12/22 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

If curiosity has power to kill a cat, complacency has the potential to skew, if not kill, the electoral expectations. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have registered a landslide victory in the recently held Chandigarh…

AIADMK – Not ‘General Secretary’, but ‘Chinnamma’ should be Sasikala’s goal

Posted on 2016/12/21 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

Sasikala – seems to be the name reverberating in the political circles lately. By nature, Sasikala was always an introvert and a silent ‘number two’ of the party. Although people fondly call her ‘Chinnamma’, she has a long way to…

Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial – The Thackeray dilemma

Posted on 2016/12/21 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled inauguration of the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial in the Arabian Sea on 24 December, has been garnering interest from unexpected quarters, mostly political in nature. Would Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav…

Demonetization – Modi isn’t the first, but could very well be the last

Posted on 2016/12/21 by Arun Kumar | 0 Comments

“And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared”, one of the famous quotes by Homer. This quote is spoken to Telemachus, son of Odysseus (Ulysses) by Goddess Athena in the guise of an old and trusted friend, as Telemachus undertakes…

Demonetization: Is Modi doing a Neo-Marxism

Posted on 2016/12/14 by Arun Kumar | 1 Comment

Demonetization seems to be the latest fever which gripped the nation with its endemically motivated spell. A lot has been written about this bold move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, reading between the lines of the initiative itself and…