Iskra ( The Spark)

( Image source - https://www.patrika.com) Recent days there is ongoing controversy over the Prime minister address to the nation over Successful testing of the ASAT missiles that whether it was a violation of Model code of conduct ( MCC) or not? Election commission formed a committee to investigate the issue. Nothing going to come out - all know that. But this provides an important opportunity to discuss another important issue.  The advent of Social media changed our whole life including most intimate relations of us. Just 3-4 years back our day began with a toothbrush but today WhatsApp replace it. When this medium becomes this much perverse, there is little or no discussion about its impact on governance. Let come back to the original point - PM speech and MCC.  Either it was a violation or not was an issue for me, For me the issue is - PM announced this important update through twitter handle @narendramodi and not through @PMOIndia. There is a huge di...

Election manifesto? When you hear or read this word, Which things first come to your mind? Loan waiver, Reservation, Subsidy and finally Ram mandir. Rarely any political party talks over the comprehensive political reforms which are the prerequisite for the Social economical reforms. To understand, Let us go back to the 100 years at the time of the 1910s. The nation was gripped with social evils like illiteracy, Child marriages etc. The Economic conditions were also not good as the British were draining the wealth of ours. Our founding fathers had differences of opinions about the question that - Either Social or economic or the political reforms should be the primacy of us? It's a different debate that to discuss but at the end, Founding fathers get agree over the primacy to the political reforms. They considered the political reforms as the key to open the doors for the Socio-Economic reforms. They procured one of the best-known constitutions of the world. Today our instit...