Arun Shourie
The writer, a former Rajya Sabha MP from the BJP, was Union minister for communications, information technology and disinvestment.
Articles By Arun Shourie
Is this the way to energise civil servants?
CBI move to investigate the disinvestment of Udaipur’s Laxmi Vilas hotel on the basis of an anonymous oral complaint.
How history was made up at Nalanda
The story behind a Marxist historian’s story of its destruction by ‘Hindu fanatics’.
Instigating reforms
Let’s not wait for the next government. We can work out the solutions.
Chasing that bank of votes again
By that time those who have to be fooled,would have been fooled; whats to be won,would have been won.
Chasing that bank of votes again
The Cong is wooing the Muslims again,promising to set aside a quota of up to 9 per cent.
Chasing that bank of votes again
The following text is extracted from the expanded edition of Arun Shouries 'Falling over backwards'.
The Weight of Love
Arun Shourie writes about bringing up his son Aditya,afflicted with cerebral palsy for many years now,in his new book,Does He know a mothers heart? (HarperCollins). Adits pain and that of the authors wife Anita,who suffers from Parkinsons disease,leads him to ask: how can there be extreme suffering if God exists? Suffering,he says,refutes religion. Exclusive excerpts:
My publicity agent
Thats what Kapil Sibal appears to be,rather than my inquisitor. The rigorous VSNL agreement speaks for itself.
The Great Telecom Fudge
Falsehoods fly and bury the key questions: who made the money? What were those in charge doing when the loot was on?
A goal they cannot disrupt
Autonomy as the writers portray....
We must have no price…
...and everyone must know that we have no price....
Turning a deaf ear
As usual,Gandhijis rules,sprinkled throughout his writings,speeches,letters,are an excellent guide,even though for us pygmies...
A few lessons
Arun Shourie has attacked the Chief Minister,A.R. Antulay because the latter has opposed Americas decision to give arms...
Master strategies
Here we are breaking each others heads over Partition when the man who presided over it has already assumed responsibility for so much that happened.
The ban and the law
The book denigrates the Sardar, said a spokesman of the Gujarat government on the first day,giving the reason for banning Jaswant Singhs book...
A few extracts from the book
Now,it so happens that I profoundly disagree with Mr. Jaswant Singhs assessment of Jinnah. Ever since I read the multi-volume Jinnah Papers...
Either diplomacy or war
Trust but verify, the Prime Minister says,invoking Ronald Reagan. Of course,Reagan did not just stop at enunciating a maxim....
Ring out the old,ring in the new
As the circle narrows,animosities within it become sharper. Rivalries become more intense: for now,all that each has to do is to do two or three in,and he has the top job.
How the party withers away
Surrounded by scheming courtiers,leaders lose touch with reality and the movements founding beliefs
The end of ideology
How,by slow degrees,parties and leaders fall prey to vested interests....
