Janata Dal

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Bihar 2010: Leaders deal, bill, chill in Delhi

Posted by Neeraj Bhushan ⋅ August 23, 2010 ⋅ 6 Comments

Both Lalu and Ramvilas are Members of Parliament but they can be seen breathing Bihar in and out, all day in the run up to the elections. I asked one of Lalu cadres, “Why your leader is always in Delhi?” To which he replied in frustration: “Sab satyanaash kar rahey hain. (He is ruining the party.)” But Lalu claims his ‘Rashtriya Janata Dal’ is ‘Reformed Janata Dal’, now. Continue reading »

The other side of Jaya Jaitley

Posted by Neeraj Bhushan ⋅ June 17, 2008 ⋅ 12 Comments

Jaya Jaitley, a former politician, is a hothead activist. As a pioneer of the handicrafts movement in India, her most enduring contribution to the national capital is ‘Dilli Haat’ and now she has aptly taken up a new task… from craft revival to magazine revival. ‘the OtherSide’, as the monthly is called, is now in … Continue reading »