The message from Afghanistan’s newly issued Criminal Procedure Code is loud. The Taliban hasn’t changed. This is no chastened new version. It remains medieval in its thinking. It has legalised slavery, class system. And it might just get away with it because the West is busy, distracted, unlike the 1990s.
Ajit Pawar was an outspoken, efficient leader. His death leaves a void in Maharashtra politics
In Ajit Pawar’s death, Maharashtra has lost an efficient and experienced administrator, and a popular politician who knew every karyakarta by name. He was outspoken and controversial, but just as warm and witty. His death not only creates questions about NCP’s future, but also leaves a void in Maharashtra’s politics.