Gandhi gives up bid to lead India

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Gandhi Gives Up Bid to Lead India (AP)

Gandhi Gives Up Bid to Lead India (AP) 05/18/2004 07:20 AM
AP - Sonia Gandhi has abandoned her plans to become India's first foreign-born prime minister, members of her Congress party and its allies said Tuesday.

Gandhi Stakes Her Claim to Lead a
Rattled India

Gandhi Stakes Her Claim to Lead a
Rattled India 05/17/2004 10:28 PM
Sonia Gandhi, who is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday, faces serious political and economic challenges.

Gandhi on course to be India PM

Gandhi on course to be India PM 05/17/2004 11:43 AM
India's president invites Sonia Gandhi for talks on forming a new government as shares plummet on investor fears.

Gandhi triumphs in India election

Gandhi triumphs in India election 05/13/2004 12:22 PM
India's opposition leader, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, emerges the surprise winner in India's general election.

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins in India (AP)

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins in India (AP) 05/13/2004 06:43 AM
AP - India's opposition Congress party captured the most seats in parliamentary elections, according to early results Thursday, a stunning defeat for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that opens the way for the Gandhi dynasty to return to power.

Gandhi 'Humbly Declines' India
Leadership (AP)

Gandhi 'Humbly Declines' India
Leadership (AP) 05/18/2004 08:52 PM
AP - Stunning her supporters, Sonia Gandhi announced Tuesday she would "humbly decline" to be the next prime minister of India, sidestepping Hindu nationalist outrage over the prospect of a foreign-born woman leading the nation.

Gandhi-led opposition wins India
election

Gandhi-led opposition wins India
election 05/13/2004 12:40 PM

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins India
Election (AP)

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins India
Election (AP) 05/13/2004 04:59 AM
AP - India's opposition Congress party captured the most seats in parliamentary elections, according to early results Thursday, a stunning defeat for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that was almost certain to return the Gandhi dynasty to power.

In India, Gandhi May Become First
Foreign-Born Premier

In India, Gandhi May Become First
Foreign-Born Premier 05/15/2004 01:03 PM
Sonia Gandhi was formally elected leader of the Indian National Congress's parliamentarians on Saturday, taking her one step closer to becoming prime minister herself.

Sonia Gandhi Declines to Serve as India
Leader, Startling Party

Sonia Gandhi Declines to Serve as India
Leader, Startling Party 05/18/2004 10:46 PM
Sonia Gandhi appealed to her party to respect her decision, but there was no sign they would do so.

'e-gov will lead India towards
innovation'

'e-gov will lead India towards
innovation' 12/20/2003 09:50 AM
Cyber India Online Dec 20 2003 8:50AM ET

Mumbai/INDIA: Lead Developer on Perl web
app

Mumbai/INDIA: Lead Developer on Perl web
app 06/06/2005 12:02 AM
Mega E-Services Pvt. Ltd. - India, Maharshtra, Mumbai (2005-06-05)

Manmohan Singh Picked to Lead India
Govt. (AP)

Manmohan Singh Picked to Lead India
Govt. (AP) 05/19/2004 02:43 AM
AP - A 71-year-old economic reformer and political veteran is set to step in and become India's prime minister now that Sonia Gandhi has abandoned her claim to the top job, a refusal that came as a shock to her supporters.

China, India can lead global IT, says
Chinese premier

China, India can lead global IT, says
Chinese premier 04/11/2005 07:38 PM
Indian software skills and Chinese hardware expertise can take both nations to a worldwide leadership position in IT, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday while visiting Bangalore, India.

Net revolution Women lead the charge of
the internet through rural India

Net revolution Women lead the charge of
the internet through rural India 07/07/2004 06:32 AM
BBC Jul 7 2004 10:34AM GMT

What would Gandhi do?

What would Gandhi do? 03/24/2005 04:26 AM

Yesterday evening, Marko and I ran the closing session for Doors of Perception in India. Frankly, it was an amazing conference. There were minor logistical gripes like no wifi in the conference center (my excuse for not blogging for the last few days), but it was really incredible. Hats off to the whole team that pulled this together. Presentations ranged from self-organizing networks of manufacturers in slums to alternative currencies to the latest things going on on the web.

In the wrap-up session, I talked a lot about role of the open Internet in allowing bottom-up innovation and edge-inward work. I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone. I also talked about how Creative Commons was for providing choice and that we weren't saying that tradition media or content production models should go away.

Later, an elderly man stood up and said that all knowledge should be available to everyone and that he didn't think we should compromise on the copyright issues. He then said that the people are ready to fight and march in the streets and turn over the monopolies and we didn't need to sit around and wait for government. It turns out he used to live with Mahatma Gandhi's at his Ashram.

I felt a sudden pain. I realized that I was compromising and in fact evening softening my words assuming that the video of my presentation might end up on the Internet and that I would have to defend any hardline positions I took. I remember watching the movie about Gandhi (Irony alert. It was a Hollywood movie.) and thinking about the power of sticking to your principles and how this purity can move nations without violence or compromise and questioning myself and my methods.

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog. In talks to telephone operators or other somewhat old-school companies, I talk about their "challenges". To left-wing artists, I talk about the tyranny of the monopolies. The irony is that recent trend of people posting audio or video files of my speeches online has made it difficult for me to maintain this split-personality / facade. I think it's a good thing that these things go online, but it reminds me a bit of politicians being criticized for what they have said at parties or "among friends"... or the Enron telephone calls. I have always encouraged this and poked fun myself. Being on the receiving end of this chilling effect is interesting. The core message I deliver doesn't change but delivery is slightly dampened.

I haven't been "outed" yet and I'm sure most people would understand what I was saying in the context in which my talks are delivered, but I sometimes say things that I'm sure I would say differently on my blog. In my mind, this is translated to words the audience understands in their frameworks in order to be constructive, but in a sense I'm being a bit dishonest. I also pull back on the "radical" throttle when I think it is going to offend my audience so much they will reject everything I say. Having said that, I've had a number of people get really upset. One publisher in Finland called my presentation about Creative Commons "disgusting".

My blog is probably the most "balanced" version of my position so just imagine that I'm slight more radical when I'm talking to the radicals and slightly more "soft" when I'm talking to conservatives. But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position? What would Gandhi do? I suppose everyone does this to a certain extent but I was suddenly conscious of this gap last night.

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Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com)

Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com) 05/18/2004 10:33 PM
washingtonpost.com - NEW DELHI, May 18 -- Sonia Gandhi, who led her party to an upset victory in parliamentary elections despite the handicap of a foreign birth certificate, stunned the nation Tuesday by telling a chaotic meeting of her supporters that she would not accept the job of prime minister.

Hitler, Vatican and Gandhi

Hitler, Vatican and Gandhi 03/15/2003 06:02 AM
February 17, 2002, 'the Vatican did sign concordats with Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany.' (www.pius12.com/archives/00000029.html) (Available on Google ...

Everything's coming up Gandhi

Everything's coming up Gandhi 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: Where's Mahatma Gandhi? According to this TV ad produced by Young and Rubicam Italia for an Italian telecom -- he's your new cellphone wallpaper! He's on laptops! He's on gigantic plasma screen displays affixed to the sides of buildings! Wait, now he's a ringtone! File under "tasteless corporate appropriation of the dead."
Link (Thanks, Rohit Gupta in Bombay!)

Gandhi bombshell leaves PM hole

Gandhi bombshell leaves PM hole 05/18/2004 10:30 PM
India's Congress party scrambles to find a prime minister, after Sonia Gandhi's shock decision to bow out.

Gandhi Won't Be Premier (Los Angeles
Times)

Gandhi Won't Be Premier (Los Angeles
Times) 05/19/2004 04:44 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW DELHI — Hounded by Hindu nationalists, and apparently fearing for her safety, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi shocked her adopted nation Tuesday by announcing she would not become India's next prime minister.

Gandhi moves closer to PM's job

Gandhi moves closer to PM's job 05/16/2004 10:46 PM
Moves are under way to install the leader of of India's Congress Party as the new prime minister.

Gandhi Prepares to Become Prime Minister
(AP)

Gandhi Prepares to Become Prime Minister
(AP) 05/17/2004 04:27 AM
AP - India's stock market took a record plunge Monday and prompted a halt in trading as investors fretted over how communist parties would influence the policy of the new coalition government of Sonia Gandhi, expected to be named prime minister within days.

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for PM

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for PM 05/15/2004 07:14 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 15 2004 10:51AM GMT

Gandhi urges 'strong government'

Gandhi urges 'strong government' 05/14/2004 12:20 AM
India's Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, starts work on forming a coalition after its shock general election win.

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005 03/29/2005 05:26 PM
ZDNet India Mar 29 2005 9:52PM GMT

Gandhi Moves Quickly to Form New Govt.
(AP)

Gandhi Moves Quickly to Form New Govt.
(AP) 05/14/2004 03:37 AM
AP - Sonia Gandhi, the latest member of the Gandhi dynasty in line to become India's prime minister, worked swiftly Friday to build a new coalition government around her family's Congress party after a stunning upset election victory.

Indian investors pin market fall on
Gandhi

Indian investors pin market fall on
Gandhi 05/17/2004 02:48 PM

India's Gandhi Says She Won't Be Prime
Minister (Reuters)

India's Gandhi Says She Won't Be Prime
Minister (Reuters) 05/18/2004 08:46 AM
Reuters - India's Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday she would not be the country's next prime minister.

India's Gandhi on Verge of Forming
Government

India's Gandhi on Verge of Forming
Government 05/16/2004 03:42 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 16 2004 7:55AM GMT

Gandhi Takes Next Step to Gaining Power
(AP)

Gandhi Takes Next Step to Gaining Power
(AP) 05/15/2004 04:12 AM
AP - Sonia Gandhi moved a step closer Saturday to becoming India's first foreign-born prime minister when her Congress party, the upset winner in a parliamentary vote, unanimously re-elected her to lead them in the legislature.

Rural India voters dismiss "Shining
India"

Rural India voters dismiss "Shining
India" 05/14/2004 04:37 PM

Food firm in a stew over Gandhi curry
(Reuters)

Food firm in a stew over Gandhi curry
(Reuters) 06/17/2005 05:04 PM
Reuters - Mahatma Gandhi's family is pleading with the Indian government to force an Australian takeaway firm called Handi Ghandi -- "Great Curries...No Worries" -- to stop using the vegetarian pacifist to sell its food.

India's Gandhi Sweeps Hindu Nationalists
from Power

India's Gandhi Sweeps Hindu Nationalists
from Power 05/13/2004 06:35 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 13 2004 10:54AM GMT

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for
Prime Minister

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for
Prime Minister 05/15/2004 10:11 AM
India's ruling Congress party chose Italian-born Sonia Gandhi on Saturday to be India's next prime minister, as communist parties debated whether to join her new government.

Gandhi Tells Backers She Will Not Be
India's Prime Minister

Gandhi Tells Backers She Will Not Be
India's Prime Minister 05/18/2004 10:10 AM
News reports said Sonia Gandhi would support Dr. Manmohan Singh, a respected former finance minister, as prime minister.

SEN. CLINTON REGRETS GANDHI 'RAN A GAS
STATION DOWN IN ST. LOUIS' JOKE

SEN. CLINTON REGRETS GANDHI 'RAN A GAS
STATION DOWN IN ST. LOUIS' JOKE 01/07/2004 06:59 PM
calls Mahatma Gandhi a convenience store clerk .. her racist tendencies aren't limited to Jews .. racist jokes in public .. What was she thinking .. show some backbone:

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Gandhi Selects Economist to Be New Prime
Minister (Los Angeles Times)

Gandhi Selects Economist to Be New Prime
Minister (Los Angeles Times) 05/20/2004 05:35 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW DELHI — Manmohan Singh is set to become India's prime minister after the country's president confirmed Wednesday that the soft-spoken and frugal economist had been asked to form the next government.

India's Gandhi May Stake Claim to Power
on Monday (Reuters)

India's Gandhi May Stake Claim to Power
on Monday (Reuters) 05/17/2004 03:06 AM
Reuters - India's powerful communists decided Monday not to formally join Sonia Gandhi's new coalition but to instead support it from outside, as shares recorded their second-largest plunge in history.
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