Senior political analyst and journalist Sukumar Muralidharan comments on the Jan Lok Pal Bill prepared by civil society activists who have vowed to take on official malfeasance in these times of "high corruption".

 Anna Hazare's fast on the Jan Lokpal Bill has touched a chord in the people – the outpouring of support that has come from all corners of the country and amongst different sections is a testament to this. It is clear that we as Indians are simply tired of knowing that scams are happening on an ever increasing scale and we are unable to do anything about it. It is this helplessness that is building up the anger which is now being reflected in the wide support that Anna Hazare's fast has received.

Deputy Editor of the Times of India, Shankar Raghuraman comments on the Union Budget for 2011-12.

Why Telengana stands out is that it is a clear break from recognising major language groups as the basis of the states and forming states on that basis. Even then, there were voices arguing that breaking up India in linguistic states would lead to a possible break-up of India and a better course would be to break Indian into much smaller administrative units.