“D.E. Nizamuddin“, the gossip columnist who once adorned the pages of M.J. Akbar‘s now-defunct Sunday magazine, has resumed his column at Niti Central, the centre-right website.
His first piece has this telling item:
“This is a first even for our permissive politicians. In Karnataka politicians of all hues seemed to have joined hands to spurn the UNESCO proposal to declare the Western Ghats a world heritage site. This is an honour most nations seek, nay, work behind the scenes to get because it bestows international recognition on ancient monuments, old cities, pristine ecosystems, etc. But in Karnataka there seems to be a conspiracy to reject the UNESCO offer because it would then prevent politicians from milking the Western Ghats through unbridled exploitation by friendly real estate developers, miners, etc. Can one rely on BJP president Nitin Gadkari to put drive sense into the heads of whoever in his party is in control of the Government at this moment?
Read the column: Olympians, politicians and babus
Tags: BJP, Churumuri, D.E. Nizamuddin, Kanchan Gupta, Niti Central, Nitin Gadkari, sangh parivar, Sans Serif, Sunday Magazine, Vir Sanghvi
20 August 2012 at 5:35 am
Our politicians will sell their mothers and grandmothers for their selfish ends. What else can we expect from these MFs ?
20 August 2012 at 12:43 pm
What is a “center-right”? Our using such vacuous labels is not only useless but also dangerous for the credibility of any excellent articles on the site, including Nizamuddin’s article that you are touting.
30 August 2012 at 5:18 pm
Whole of Karnatka should become heritage site and no mining ,nothing should be allowed and heritage should be controlled by KESCO and not UNESCO….
18 September 2012 at 1:24 pm
politicians wanted to grab western ghats like Bellary it is ashemed on the part of MLA’ s Of Karnataka
25 October 2012 at 10:38 am
Gadkari should be the last person anyone asks !!