Lok Paritran was formed in November 2005 by a team of six graduates from IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur. The party, which garnered widespread media attention, fielded candidates in the recent Chennai Corporation Elections. In an email interview Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, Nation Treasurer, shared some his thoughts on critical issues put forth by Hafta Magazine. More…

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How will you show affection for you country publicly?” shouts TOI, on the eve of our Republic Day.That day, I stood to examine my thoughts on Nationhood. How relevant, important, misrepresented or misunderstood is it? More…

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A couple of days ago Iraq’s interior ministry announced that they plan to dig trenches around Baghdad and set up security check points to reduce violence in and around the area. The government also made it amply clear that they would not use razor wire or concrete walls, but the metaphor still stands. More…

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On 19th September 2006 tanks of the Royal Thai Army rolled into Bangkok encircling key media installations and critical government facilities. A bewildered world, especially the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was in New York at the time, watched as the Thai military and police took over reins at the Thai capital. More…

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