Factional wars in Punjab Congress are a reminder of how it snatched defeat in 2022 elections. Ex-CM Channi has reasons to defy the decision to retain Raja Warring as PCC chief despite the party’s declining fortune. Warring is a Rahul Gandhi acolyte as Navjot Sidhu once was. Over to 2027.
Ram temple board overhaul is window dressing at best. Administration must be regulated
Resignation of two Ayodhya Ram temple trustees and an interim general secretary’s appointment is window dressing at best. There must be a structural overhaul of the temple administration. It must be regulated under statutory laws. Choose between Vaisho Devi and Tirupati models. The present Ram temple trust doesn’t inspire confidence.
Mumbai’s crumbling infrastructure is a sorry annual ritual. Reform urban governance
Mumbai’s crumbling infrastructure is a sorry annual ritual. Lives lost, action promised, quickly forgotten under the garb of resilience. Rinse, repeat next monsoon. The city municipal bodies are flush with funds. So, money isn’t the problem. And new infrastructure projects alone aren’t the solution. Reform urban governance and fix accountability.
Zee made a mistake pulling Satluj. It was a matter of debate or criticism, not censorship
It’s wrong for Zee to pull Satluj. That Jaswant Singh Khalra was killed in a fake encounter is a court-established fact. If the film wraps this into a revisionist retelling of Punjab’s reign of terror, it’s a matter of debate or criticism, not censorship. Sometimes one-sidedness can also bring catharsis.
Still cannot wrap my head around what went wrong at the Ram temple. For so long. No benign explanations.
Inexplicable. For a long time, money WAS a problem. Mumbaikars felt the city was not getting its ( fiscal ) due. The political priorities were for rural areas. Now vast sums are being set aside. In addition to BMC, MMRDA. There is also a unified line of command.