tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post2481750093322952283..comments2024-01-06T03:07:18.023-08:00Comments on The Chindu: Harish Khare on Bureaucratic EthicsHindu Fundamentalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731102238577129533noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-7491120035684000002008-04-09T21:58:00.000-07:002008-04-09T21:58:00.000-07:00aanchal,You are hilariously nonsensical. The autho...aanchal,<BR/>You are hilariously nonsensical. <BR/>The author primarily focuses on the double standards shown by HK towards similar appointments by the same party with the only difference being the bias against a right wing party.<BR/>Pertaining to the constitutional correctness, HK raises specious arguments against the appointment, when there is no article in the Constitution preventing MSG from taking an appointment.<BR/>The issue of interference is far less of an issue than say if a Supreme Court judge were to become the Law Minister.<BR/>HK himself indulges in a fair bit of grandstanding without having supporting facts or proposing viable alternatives.<BR/>It would behoove to read and understand the context of the article.<BR/>We look forward to reading your blog which will no doubt be filled with nuggets of knowledge.Dirt Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135391085865919386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-31422380470967722592008-04-09T17:38:00.000-07:002008-04-09T17:38:00.000-07:00Good point Andromeda. I agree that it has filled m...Good point Andromeda. I agree that it has filled most offices with cronies. However, filling up a ministerial position with a crony perhaps does less harm than filling up the position of an election commissioner with someone of that kind because of the inherent need for impartiality in case of the latter (not only to actually be impartial but to be seen as such).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-87751542902329075352008-04-09T05:36:00.000-07:002008-04-09T05:36:00.000-07:00HK's piece here is so typical of him. He terms the...HK's piece here is so typical of him. He terms the BJP's allegations against Navin Chawla "specious" while lecturing on constitutional morailty and Proprietary. You must also not forget the fact that this UPA govt has filled most important offices with its croonies - be it the EC, governors or the president. Naveen Chawla has close ties with the Congress and his appointment raises the same serious questions that MS gill's appointment has raised. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. <BR/><BR/>Aanchal, we may not be blessed with super intelligent skills that you claim to posess. You may well start off your own blog and dish out "authentic conservative commentary" .We wish you the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-12776670058366001852008-04-09T03:34:00.000-07:002008-04-09T03:34:00.000-07:00You guyz are hilarious and clearly know squat abou...You guyz are hilarious and clearly know squat about squat! U want to nitpick even when Chindu is bang on the mark. U would have preferred HK to have hailed the appointment of M>S.Gill. When he didn't, you are reduced to flailing your bosoms and carping about irrelevgant things. I wish India had intelligent rightwing commentary and not this sad crap. I guess I should start my own blog with authentic conservative commentary, not this semi-literate pseudo-analytical ranting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-19972443624528810342008-04-08T04:57:00.000-07:002008-04-08T04:57:00.000-07:00Thanks buddu ram and Thyagarajan.Khare is not a co...Thanks buddu ram and Thyagarajan.<BR/>Khare is not a communist - he is often critical of them though not in much detail probably in keeping with Hindu editorial policy. He is a secular liberal definitely. He comes across as someone who might be classified as believing in the ideology of the old British Labor party before Tony Blair - left but not so far left to be classified a communist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-12268978820623844682008-04-08T02:06:00.000-07:002008-04-08T02:06:00.000-07:00Is HK expecting a nomination for the Raya Sabha fo...Is HK expecting a nomination for the Raya Sabha for his brilliant and extraordinary analysis of the indian political scenario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-59552277727215471412008-04-07T22:32:00.000-07:002008-04-07T22:32:00.000-07:00I am sorry to disagree with you Pilid. To my mind,...I am sorry to disagree with you Pilid. To my mind, none of this Khare phure persons writings have made sense. He is out with an agenda (like all communists) and his ends only justifies his meanness. <BR/><BR/>Thyagarajan.who stole my piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932573016934073889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-25178309776514151832008-04-07T18:57:00.000-07:002008-04-07T18:57:00.000-07:00Right. Khare has a soft corner for the Congress th...Right. Khare has a soft corner for the Congress though his op-eds usually carry some 'advice' to the party how to conduct itself or its government. And generally, he is against the BJP - a good example is his coverage of the recently completed Gujarat elections which was more about who he <I>wanted</I> to win (Congress) than who was in reality <I>better placed</I> to win (BJP). He sometimes makes sense but more often than not, his logic is tortuous with a lot of holes in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-54854802210103410462008-04-07T18:55:00.000-07:002008-04-07T18:55:00.000-07:00Another nugget from Harish,"Now his appointment as...Another nugget from Harish,<BR/>"Now his appointment as a Minister cannot sit easily with serious students of constitutional correctness."<BR/>WTF. Who cares about the serious students? Can he deliver on his duties? Then let him do the job.<BR/>More golden words,<BR/>"Constitutional functionaries are like monks, making lifelong commitments of moral virtue and personal self-negation."<BR/>Whoa! Anyone becoming a minister swears an oath on the Indian Constitution to do their jobs to the best of their abilities.<BR/>Is he guessing that they cannot deliver?Dirt Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135391085865919386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32317349.post-34011541429780506012008-04-07T18:46:00.000-07:002008-04-07T18:46:00.000-07:00Harish as usual puts his foot in his mouth. Good e...Harish as usual puts his foot in his mouth. Good expose on the double standards in the case of Navin Chawla. There's more details in tis site,<BR/>http://www.hvk.org/articles/0705/60.html<BR/>Navin if some of you might remember was one of the govt. thugs who reported to Sanjay Gandhi during emergency. <BR/>Of course the Congress decides to reward its sycophants and gave him a EC post, similar to how it kept Krishna in the news by making him a Governor. <BR/>Harish is mentally lax to write an article without doing the research.<BR/>Not to worry, we've smart people to catch him in the act.Dirt Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135391085865919386noreply@blogger.com