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Laloo Prasad Yadav leads the good percent vs Sonia Gandhi who is below zero in good percent on Google search results. The table below shows the number of search entries with the keywords 'Good','Not Good','Positive'...with the name of the politician. Name Results Good Not Bad Not Good Bad Good Delta Good percent Laloo Prasad 495,000 483,000 466,000 477,000 393,000 79,000 15.96 Sonia Gandhi 1,290,000 1,210,000 255,000 260,000 1,210,000 -5,000 -0.39 Sonia Gandhi leads on corruption, positive and total results. Name Results Positive Percent Corruption percent Good percent Laloo Prasad 495,000 39.23 33.13 15.96 Sonia Gandhi 1,290,000 45.57 9.15 -0.39 Formulas used : Good Delta= (Good+Not Bad)-(Not Good...

Campaigning could be the worst or probably the best show of mud slinging and Lok Sabha polls are bringing out the seasoned and the new kids on the bloc on the big stage. Smoking has been officially banned at all public places in New Delhi and a BJP councilor didn't hesitate in doing a quick smoking sting operation. Former Delhi mayor and Congress councillor Farhad Suri was on Thursday caught flouting his government’s stringent steps to ban smoking in public places, when a BJP councillor Rekha Gupta caught him smoking in the Town Hall. Gupta caught Suri smoking outside the MCD House meeting hall and complained to mayor Arti Mehra. “Smoking in public places is not allowed and being a councillor he should set an example for the people and not indulge in breaking laws. We want that an enquiry be initiated against him and he should be fined as per law,” said Gupta. - Hindustan Times

The Lok Sabha polls are around the corner and the BJP camp has begun aggressive campaigning to woo the voters. At such a time out of no where comes a fanatical organization and thrashes up innocent people in Mangalore creating a national outcry and rage. In the name of Lord Ram, a group associated to BJP went ahead as the moral police and bashed up people partying in a pub in broad daylight. BJP goes ahead and disowns the sena. Now the swiftness through which the job has been done makes me feel that something is not as white-Black in the BJP camp. Was this drama orchestrated to show a non-fanatic side of BJP or was this a move gone horribly wrong. Starting early can have its positives and the negatives and with BJP in spotlight over this issue can make it a champion or immature move. Looking at the downside it might strengthen nations view of a fanatic-nationalistic-violent party and as seen in the assembly elections incumbency and development might again be the high tide in an already...

This pic on the HT website caught my attention today. It is the most unconventional way of saying Get Well Soon I've seen recently. Our unflagging PM needed medical attention and although his role as PM seems quite abstract apart from the ancillary 'V' he shows to the arrayed photographers, I hope he gets well soon for a busy season ahead.

Is HT Mint in trouble ? Firstly it was the pressure on news media by recession, which resulted in some ambitious projects being halted. What followed was a controversy caused by an article " letter to PM " published in mint, that resulted in the expulsion of Raju Narisetti as the editor in chief. The latest blow comes from Vir Sanghvi, who criticizes HT Mint of being hypocrites. He writes in his blog So why am I stopping the column? It's quite simple. I will not write for a publication that censors its columnists and denies them the right to free speech while writing long, impassioned pieces about the freedom to criticize others from the Prime Minister downwards. All of us exhibit double standards to some degree. But Mint's hypocrisy takes my breath away. Read Meanwhile Monika Halan , the former editor of outlook money resigned because of the intrusion of management into the edit section and her unhappiness over the awards. Looking at the disappointment of many jour...

You might "Die another day" if the pilots don't sleep today. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued guidlines that the crew must chat with pilots every 30 minutes to keep them awake. WTF! This warning has come after a few domestic airlines deviated from the flight path and some crossed their destinations because of sleeping pilots. Imagine that during a flight from Bengaluru to Amritsar, the pilot falls asleep and the plane reaches Pakistan. That could have caused an international embarrassment for India, triggered a nuclear war or even could have caused the shooting down of the plane. Better the airlines keep a check and recruit more pilots, else another can of worms might open up like that of Mr Ramalinga Raju. If they don't mend ways an aviation disaster could be in the making.

The top categories of Oscars have got two Slumdog Millionaire nominations , one for best picture and the other for best director, making it a special achievement in terms of Indian Achievement in Oscars. The fact that A R Rahman is nominated in 3 categories out of 10 Slumdog Millionaire nominations makes it even more special. We've had a lot of talk about the Oscars after Lagaan managed to make the cut to the nomination stage for the best foreign film category. Apart from that the more recent quarrel between "Munnbhai-Gandhigiri" and Rang De Basanti over which goes to the oscars made the academy awards an even more talked about event. Bollywood and Oscars share the same relation, which Tollywood or Bhojpuri cinema shares with Bollywood. A lot of wannabes and a little bit of genuine talent gets added, but keeps the whole equation more or less similar. A billion plus population but so less on talent that we need foreigners to hold our fingers to take up to the big stage in...