TRUMP BLOWS THE TRUMPET

The newly elected President of United States Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order which would clamp a temporary ban on immigration from refugees from six African and Middle Eastern nations. The aim of the order is to curb terrorists entering the borders of United States in the garb of refugees. The imminent order is in line of the election promise of Trump in which he had pledged to halt refugees from terror-infected nations.
Trump also aims to jump start the building of wall along the Mexican border, and put an end to refugee influx.
Though expected, Trump's order is seen as a  discrimination on religious lines.
Trump's action can trigger reactions from targetted nations. It may be in the form of civil protest, or more violent upstaging. The move can escalate diplomatic tension between the United States and targetted nations.

STAND UP RBI

Reserve Bank of India is the purse keeper of nation. As a purse keeper it is wont that the Central Bank guards the interest of the nation. It is incumbent that RBI maintains a strict vigil of its monies. It is also necessary that the Bank 

TOO MUCH OF MODI

The old order changeth,yielding place to new. Modi is no stranger to Lord Alfred Tennyson's pithy dictum. From the time he took charge Modi has been affecting changes in the order of things. Names has been changed, institutions demolished,personalities eased out of position of power.
The latest salvo has been fired by Khadi Gram Udyog Commission on behalf of Modi. In the calender of the Commission Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi as the icon of Khadi. He is shown seated behind a spindle and spinning a khadi yarn and an acquiesent and beaming Gandhi is relegated to background.

Party motormouth have done their duty overtime since then. Heath Minister of Haryana Anil Vij has endorsed the move, and called Gandhi a personage of bad omen. The name of Gandhi has devalued notes. Modi is a better brand than Gandhi, he continues in the same bad breath.

Facts and figures have been tossed up to bolster the claim that Brand Modi has given the Khadi business a strong fillip, its business has been boosted, and people have embraced the cloth as never before.

Though an obstinacy to change unto new ways is seen as an regressive mindset, some icons need to be preserved for their totemic value. Gandhi is one such icon. However, it is imperative that newer symbols and perosnalities, as well as ways and means should be adopted to carve new niches in old institutions.

However, too much of Modi acts as a backlash. It is interpretated as showmanship, as an effort to dominate and smother.
The silence of Modi in this matter, as in every other, is deafening.
Modi should speak and set matters to rest. He should maintain sanctity of institutions and should prove by his actions as well as words.

He should know that surfeit of Modi can well translate into no Modi.

KEJRIWAL'S MISSION PUNJAB

It's been a year of discontent for Kejriwal. As any other year he had been at its vitriolic best. He had exchanged barbs with all and sundry, and had made frontal attack on  Prime Minister Modi .

Betraying his political restlessness Kejriwal has now made a move beyond his marked territory. His compatriot and deputy Manish Sisodia has made a nascent and powerful announcement - look out for Kejriwal as the next Chief Minister of Punjab.

It is quite clear that Kejriwal will act now as an engine of party's growth beyond Delhi. For a party which had bagged a mere four seat in the 2014 hustings, its now a do or die situation.

With Modi's frontal attack on corruption via demonetization, Kejriwal has lost his primal thunder. His bluff, buster and boast sytle of politics needs some new meat. Punjab will be his testing ground as to how much Kejriwal and AAP can reinvent itself and challenge BJP, Akali's and Congress.