In 2014,Indian National Congress hit a new low-44 Member of Lok Sabha and today in 2017 it rules only 5 states with strong chances of losing another one in December. Many would feel that with shrinking base and weak leadership ,Congress would go down further and BJP upwards. Indian politics is not purely based on logic. Public perception of a party's arrogance, unkept promises and policy failures decide who will go up or come down. BJP was known to be a party of small traders but in last 3 years perception has changed .Now it is perceived as party for rich business houses like Reliance, Adnani's etc.This has further got strengthened due to demonetization and GST implementation. Indian farming is reeling under debt stress and farming is becoming financially unviable due to increase in input cost of fertilizers & pesticides .The increase in crop pricing does not cover the increase in input costs.Each farmer and his family aspires for better living standard and yearns for...
We started facing invaders from the middle of sixth century. These increased over a period of time and became intense with Ghazni,Ghori and Taimur. They not only looted and plundered our wealth but demolished our temples, Gurdwara's and converted huge population who could not take on their might. The only way to live for them was by becoming Muslims or Christians depending upon who invaded the country. Many Kings did try to fight but were hugely unsuccessful due to lack of trained manpower, limited fighting attributes and betrayal by fellow citizens. In 18th century, Sikhs nearly won the Anglo-Sikh war but were betrayed by their own generals. How does one explain our defeats? Were we physically weak ? Were we mentally weak ? Or did the greed of some let all of us down. Historians have given many reasons but one charitable reason could be that we were peace loving people who abhorred blood shed. In our ancient past, many Indian Kings subjugated other smaller & weaker king...