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It is the economy, stupid!

So, there I was having a tête-à-tête with a friend who use to hail from the land of Karmasutra where the people could take you for a spin in more ways than you can shake your head. As I thought that the results of the recently concluded Indian elections would excite her, I started asking about the results at her home state. In Tamil Nadu, in spite of the bad publicity that Amma had many elections ago with the extravagant wedding of her adopted son, she literally swept the state this time around. Her nemesis failed to win a single seat. Over at the national level, the feared Hindu nationalist party won by a landslide. To be fair, Modi was cleared of wrongdoings by the court and the buoyant economic progress in his home state is the catalytic factor for his win. Many tragedies involving high level corruption, high profile national shames and stagnant economy of late had people going for a change. So, my friend, when asked on Amma's victory, she nonchalantly asserted that the feel g...

...But I'm Malaysian! Chakde India, anyway!

"Hey, we beat Pakistan in the semis at cricket, Yaar!" exclaims my brother-in law. "This calls for a party!" "What, when did Malaysia play cricket at international levels?" I queried dumbly. Sneering, he replied that India had beaten Pakistan in an explosive World Cup Semi Finals in Chennai which was followed by an explosive display of fireworks and free distribution of sweets in the streets by jubilant Chennaites and Indians generally. "Hey, what the heck, any reason is as good a reason for a party!" You really cannot blame my brother in law for thinking the way he is thinking right now. His father, Mr Chhunnu Lal Chaudhry left his mother land at the age of 18 to Malaya in search of employment and basically to survive. He lost his father at the age of 11 and he was automatically the 'man' of the family by virtue of being the eldest in the family. And he left school and started working to support his family. In the early 1950s, Malaya wa...