Arun Shourie's Lecture of Indra's Net

Indra's Net Release by Arun Shourie January 29th, 2014: Arun Shourie's Lecture of Indra's Net

Arun Shourie on Centre Right India: Punctuations

 Punctuations, Episode 5: Dr. Arun Shourie

Centre Right India is pleased to present Episode 5 of its podcast series, Punctuations, in which Jaideep Prabhu and Sandeep Balakrishna are joined by Prashanth Perumal in a conversation with Dr. Arun Shourie. The conversation ranges from nuclear energy, Indian foreign policy, the "idea of India," the 1980s British TV show, Yes, Prime Minister, Shourie's time in the Indian Express, and much more.

Manthan, Hyderabad: When Arun Shourie Mimics Arnab Goswami

Arun Shourie Speaks about a lamentable practice started by Bennet Colman Group.. of private treaties with corporations. - Full credits to Manthan & arun shourie for a wonderfull insight about current discourse.

Arun Shourie Speaks on Private Treaties At Manthan Hydrabad







Manthan, Hyderabad: When Arun Shourie Mimics Arnab Goswami

Arun Shourie lecture: ORF Mumbai

Dec 9, 2013

Ideas 2014: Arun Shourie talks about good governance, UPA's failures

Jan 7, 2014

In a special CNN-IBN series on Ideas 2014, Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose speaks to former minister in the Vajpayee government Arun Shourie on the issue of good governance which is the buzz word ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Shourie says, "Good governance means improvement in delivery of services, expeditious implementation of project, revival of investment climate." He adds that the biggest failure of UPA was "Manmohan Singh took away from India the sense of possibility."

Arun Shourie backs Modi, says no reason to apologise for 2002 riots

Jan 6, 2014

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come under sharp criticism by former NDA minister Arun Shourie for his comments on Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Shourie has accused Singh of destroying the Prime Minister's post. Singh in a press conference recently had said that Modi as the PM would be disastrous for the country.

Defending Modi, Shourie also added that there was no reason for him to apologise for the 2002 riots.

Secularism the word has been prostituted: Arun Shourie

Published on Dec 13, 2013


Former Union Minister, Author and Columnist believes that Secularism doesn't capture the essence of the pluralism that distinguishes India.

China poses bigger threat than Pakistan: Arun Shourie

BJP leader and noted journalist Arun Shourie on Friday warned that China was a bigger threat to India than Pakistan.
In a talk on his newly-launched book, ‘Self Deception: India China Policies’ during the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture event, Shourie said 2014 was crucial year for India not only because it would be distracted with polls but also because the US would be withdrawing from Afghanistan.
In a bid to ensure that their defeat was not a rout, Americans would need support of Pakistan. This meant that it will give Pakistan more freedom to increase its anti-India activities.
Except deflecting it back to India, Shourie said, Pakistan had no option to escape the monster of terrorism it had created in its own soil.
But he said India had to take advantage of the fact that the Taliban of Afghanistan too had its issues with Pakistan. In that sense Pakistan was more manageable than China, which was certainly the biggest threat. He said China had a clear view of its own and had benchmarked itself with the US.
In China, there was a perception that India did not mind losing territory. If a claim is made long enough, India would get used to it.
“Claim and grab is their policy. If we are not careful, Aksai Chin would be repeated,” he said. He said there was already a reaction against China in Asia owing to its aggressive posture on territorial claims. It was necessary for India that it took advantage of the situation and formed alliances.
Tughlak Editor Cho Ramaswamy said that the Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was “Godsend” to the nation now and was essential for the nation to come out of the overall tragedy in governance it was facing. He said facts brought out in Shourie’s book showed how naive our leaders could be.

Source: http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/China-poses-bigger-threat-than-Pakistan-Arun-Shourie/2013/10/19/article1843428.ece

Arun Shourie at Manthan Samvaad 2013

Arun Shourie, India's most respected public intellectual, speaks on 'What will it take to face up to China?' at Manthan Samvaad 2013, at Hyderabad, India. Oct 2, 2013.

Political Capital - Minority Share Sale Is Worst Divestment

Published on Sep 30, 2013

The FM realises that he is 'pumping air into corpses', says Arun Shourie, Senior BJP Leader. NDA just built on what previous governments did on divestment, he says, adding that selling minority shares is the worst form of disinvestment as it is done out of desperation on deficit. "The FM had also committed to divesting ownership of ill companies but UPA has been unable to do that," he adds.