October, 1999
Volume 5, Number 10
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COVER STORY Vajpayee: The New Prime Minister Of India
The electioneering to the just concluded 13th Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Parliament) has been the most abusive campaign indulged by all the political parties
including the two main National parties; namely Prime Minister A.B.Vajpayee's BJP and the
Congress party of which Mrs. Sonia Gandhi is the President. Election campaigns are marked
by(a) character assassination,(b) large scale abuse of money power,(c) violence and
killings and (d) exploitation of caste and communalism. Character Assassination Leaders of
BJP and its allies as well as Congress and its allies are equally responsible for making
acrimonious and personal attacks on their opponents. At an election meeting, Union
Minister for Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan while emphasizing
Sonia Gandhi's Italian origin issue, talks in the same breath by comparing her with Ms.
Monica Lewinsky. Samata Party Chief and Defense Minister George Fernandes has said in an
election rally that Ms. Sonia Gandhi's only contribution to the country is adding two
children to a whopping population figure of one crore.
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Chandrababu Naidu Second Most Powerful Person in India
Telugu Desam Party(TDP) President and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Chandrababu Naidu, has been described by the "Asian Wall Street Journal" as the
biggest winner in Indian elections after Prime Minister Vajpayee and also he SECOND MOST
POWERFUL PERSON IN INDIA. In the recently held elections simultaneously to State Assembly
and Parliament, TDP came triumphant in both, along with its alliance partner BJP. In state
Assembly, TDP obtained near two thirds majority. For parliament elections, TDP secured
twenty nine seats and BJP seven out of total offorty two Parliament seats from Andhra.
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MOVIE REVIEW
Taal
The problem with Taal isn't the dull, dead, flat-pancake looking Aishwarya
Rai, whose star wattage after the super hit 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' has rarely burned so
brightly. The problem isn't Akshay Khanna, who is balding, shaking and dull. It's the
director Subhash Ghai. The audience didn't flock to see the movie either for Aishwarya or
Akshay. They pinned their hopes on Ghai and respected his experience and past record. And
Ghai failed them miserably.
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