Krishna Kiran's

Amby - The King of Indian Roads  I was not surprised but pained when I read the news about Hindustan Motors suspending production of Ambassador Car at its Uttarapara plant in West Bengal citing reasons of huge debt and lack of demand for the vehicle. Not surprised, because it was expected sooner or later going by the proliferation of new car models and companies in the last decade. Pained because the car which is known as the ‘grand old lady’ or ‘Amby’ , the car which I looked at in awe as a kid is dying a slow but confirmed death due to remaining a complacent onlooker in a past paced auto market. It also suddenly hit me that the two ‘Grand Old’s - The Congress party got a drubbing in the same month in which Ambassador went off the production lines. In fact, Congress is the first political party in India and Ambassador is the first car manufactured in India. What a strange coincidence!!! There are lessons to be learnt for Congress from Ambassador’s failure but I will not...

The recent poll debacle is one of the worst that Congress has ever faced in its long history. In a democracy every political party is important especially parties like Congress which has seen the crests and troughs of several elections. While it is a matter of shame for Congress to have lost so badly, it is not a good sign for the people of India as strong national parties are the only saviors in an increasingly polarized and fragmented Indian political system dominated by regional parties in the last 30 years. The grand old party should quickly pick its ropes and rebuild itself to regain the lost glory. Here are some quick ways in which it can do so: Change the Top - It is high time that the entire top leadership stepped aside and made way for a new set of people through a process of election to run the party from now on. It is important that the present leaders do not contest for any party post. Congress should remember that one of its best PMs P.V.Narasimha Rao rose from the...

I am Congress. I need no introduction and every Indian now knows me (for all the wrong reasons these days) thanks to my blind leaders who couldn’t see the wave which turned out to be tsunami that almost destroyed me. I am also known as the Grand Old Party (GoP) of India. I have ruled for almost 55 years out of the 67 years of an independent India. The election results this year have ruined my career. I won in just 44 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats, drew a blank in 7 of the 28 states and failed to win more than 10 seats in any state. I am now relegated to the position of a national regional party. I can’t even claim to have a leader of the Opposition as I have not scored the minimum requirement of 54 seats to do so. My vote share in spite of all the minority politics that my leaders played got pegged at 19.3%.  This is my worst ever performance and I am deeply saddened. On introspection in the last 48 hours, I couldn't help attributing my failure to these three mistakes that paved...

One day I found the stomach to be very angry but he was feeling helpless as he had no way to subside his anger. I asked the stomach “As far as one knows, you as a stomach can only feel hungry, not angry. This is unnatural. In any case, what is the reason for your anger?” Hearing me, he started narrating his troubles. Here it is, in his own words: Basically I am angry with the people at the top. They are so merciless and also foolish at times. They have all the powers and senses given by God, but they use it irrationally without thinking about an individual like me below them. Firstly take the case of eyes . God has given them the power to see and enjoy. But they just don’t stop at that. They want to consume everything that comes in their view. They immediately convey to the mind about it. Secondly, take the case of the nose. It has the power of smell. It can smell everything and anything that is getting cooked and can feel the aroma of the food from far-off. It loses i...