Thursday, July 16, 2009

fighting ghosts with shadows: arun shourie

this is the second and third part of the series that Nizhal Yoddha posted two days ago.

Shourie has taken the gloves off when it comes to Advani; but I wonder who else is in the gun sights – I sense Dhimmi Kulkarni and Astronath Singh for sure; but others are hinted at.

Is ‘clever strategist’ == Arun Jaitley?

What is meant by ‘As relatives and henchmen acquire properties on the sly, as they run businesses benami’?

I love the use of Khaldun, Ibn Insha, Toynbee and Zulu proverb’s - all in one essay. What a tournament of shadows!!!

it is a depressing, yet engrossing tale - reading this feels a bit like watching one of Kurosawa’s Shakespeare adaptations. They will likely kick him out of the party soon. maybe Shourie has another career in literature?

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-end-of-ideology/489390/0

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/how-the-party-withers-away/489889/0

2 comments:

Unknown said...

If Advani kicks Shourie out of the party then he's in serious trouble. Shourie is intelligent and more imp. he doesnt take BS lying down. Advani & Vajpayee could pull off this stunt (i.e making things so difficult that the person is obliged to leave the party) with Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharati.

I've always been suspicious of Advani's ability to deliver ever since he became minister the first time. He was Info.& Broad. Minister in Morarji Desai's cabinet. He had a golden opp to set media free. We were mere students but knew enough about the rest of the world and state of media in the free countries. So we were expecting free media here too. This guy dived straight into the trash can in my estimation when Damned Darshan kept dishing out the same old stuff with new faces.

I would just like to see the Leader & Loyal Coterie of Henchmen take on a real fighter with their tinsel helmets, paper armour and plastic swords. The Core Constituency (yes that who we are) are fed up of these guys.

Unknown said...

YUP ... u were one of the few blogs that highlighted this 4partwork of shourie and explained its relevance well enuf ... KUDOS FOR THAT ....
but even forums like FRIENDSOFBJP have totally ignored this 4 part series and continue to ignore the shunning of shourie from bjp ... this begs the question .. are they really frindsofbjp ?
what is this business of neglecting ARUN SHOURIE and sinha …. do u seriously think the bjp is really gonna reform doing things like this …. looks like the top brass does not have the balls to face some honest criticism but still wants all power …. this is delusional on the part of the party …. there can be nothing wrong about how shourie expressed himself thru the media … this is not a private party .. they need to face criticism in the open thru more such transparent debates and exchanges … ignoring such useful people is not the right thing to do …
and btw i have noticed that comments regarding arun shourie in this vein dont seem to make it to the screen on FRIENDSOFBJP ….may be i am wrong ?!! is it because his views are neglected there too ?
.. how else can u explain that there has been no mention about his 4 part series even in discussions? isnt that one of the most important piece of advice the party needs to look at to re-invent itself? instead they choose to brush it all under the carpet and throw him out of discussions … do u think they deserve to win elections?