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And that's the way the cookie crumbled, in May 2014...

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Yes, my children. India changed!  After the euphoria the cookie crumbled for the Grand Ol' Party. And how ! Modi came, he saw and he conquered. Having been out of power long enough, the hunger is visible. Against tradition, the RSS asked LK Advani to stop grumbling and retire.  As if to rub it in the face of Mrs G, he even invited all the biggies from SAARC to his party.  In the last fortnight, at the helm of the most powerful chair in India Modi has been on a predictable roll. Rolling back some of the Dynasty's pet projects and shedding much of the dead-weight.  And if you are a Congress Governor, you better start packing.  So like a whiff of fresh air and evening showers, the Modi Sarkar (government) made sure it started with all the right tones and the right foot forward. Let's hope the momentum stays . In related news, Kannada loud-mouth and literary flash in the pan UR Ananthamurthy did a Poonam Pandey and vowed to get out of India if Modi came...

24 hours!

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In less than 24 hours from now, India will pass her leash over to her new master.  Expect an anti-climax because we already know who our new master will be. But let's pretend we didn't know and examine the usual suspects. Candidate Number 1 - Rahul Gandhi (aka RaGa, The Dim Wit, Women's Empowerment , Scion of the Dynasty)  Surely, he was the late bloomer but hey, don't pile all the muck on him. He's not as stupid as he puts himself out to be. He's just inherited none of the political sauciness of his dead relatives or his mom. How many of you remember how we showered Sonia G with eloquent praises when she turned down the top seat about 10 years ago? She was the epitome of Sati Savitri. While we have lost much of that emotion towards her in the decade because of the way she dragged her lame Italian feet, RaGa should have won our hearts with his dimples and village idiot speeches.  So where did it all go wrong for the C Company? I think we all know th...