Political Caricatures:Three non-credible potential Finance Ministers;Religious leaders and leaders of socio-cultural groups should learn to shut up;..

Political Caricatures:The Undecided Voters; Legislative 2019: Lalit wants fair treatment from the media

How far are they convincing?

(Published in MTimes 25 October 2019)

If the fact that more than 50% of voters are undecided is valid, then the forthcoming polls could deliver a surprise - as many people are predicting. What are the voters looking for? What are their expectations? As the main contending parties have gone through lots of ideological swerves, there is not much that differentiates one from the other. The closer one looks the murkier things seem to be, and voters may ultimately choose to focus on such big picture issues like the management of the economy.

Political Caricatures:Electoral bribery;ReA: 20 candidates, one per constituency; “Serenitygate”: Is this the nth scandal of this government?...

Political Caricatures: Abuse of government apparatus? Land Court promise by the LP; Cote d’Or Smart City: Allegations of favouritism/cronyism

The Real Politics "de Rupture" !

(Published in MTimes 11 October 2019)

The Real Estate Schemes (RES) that was started by the MSM-MMM government and accelerated during the Mansoor-Sithanen years have led to much construction activity, and increasingly high levels of foreign direct investments.

Wooing the voters: Desperate Acts !

(Published in MTimes 04 10 2019)

 The MSM-ML government  had it all set. With the 2019-20 elections in mind they had a well-crafted list of programmes, projects, activities, slogans, events and some “tour de force”  that they expected would find traction among the voters. Very soon that they had realised of their inability to present voters with a palatable alternative,  why not woo them with opportunistic politics and poll lollipops and not use some populist measures to sway them and cash in on whatever disenchantment, however small, they may have ?

Political Caricatures: Shooting from the hip, Growth forecast for 2019, the Children Bill, Change happens ...,Employees of the sugar industry , Quote:PRB