The 15th Lok Sabha elections in India is through its half-way point and as expected turnouts in the various constituencies have been pretty strong bordering 50 percent and above. Young voters (t 18-28 years) might hold the key in some of the constituencies.
We bring you a series of digital vignettes that will hopefully give us [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 28th, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, India, Life, Only in India, Technology
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Ideas, India, Life
Now that the 15th general elections are underway in India, the big question in everybody’s mind is who is going to win? Will one party take it all or will there be no clear winner, which means a coalition government or a political patchwork quilt at the center? To form the next government, either [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People, Web 2.0
On April 16th, 2009 the first phase of the voting for the Indian general elections will begin and conclude on May 13th, 2009. This is the 15th general elections in India since it became independent in 1947.
There are 714 million people that are eligible to vote. About 1,368,430 electronic voting machines have been deployed across [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
This recent article from Times Online caught my eye: Battle of Bollywood as stars take sides in Indian poll. The article caught my eyes for two reasons. One was when they spoke about South Indian actress Nandita Morarji being tapped by Sonia Gandhi of the Congress Party. I thought I knew my South Indian film history, [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: India, Life, YouTube Videos
Change is in the air? Has Obama’s infectious election theme of “change” crossed the seven seas and influenced India politicians? Is change in the air in India? You would think so if you read about the birth of a new political party or should I say the birth of a hastily cobbled [...]