PM Modi’s initiative to engage with political stakeholders in Jammu & Kashmir is a delayed but good step. Resumption of political processes is imperative for the restoration of normality. UT’s political parties must respond positively. Living in denial about the finality of special status revocation will serve no one’s interests.
Andhra’s vaccination pace is just the competition we need among states
Andhra’s vaccination record of 1.3 million shots a day is impressive and it is also just the healthy competition among states that we need. The drive, spread over 2,000 centres, expands the debate beyond vaccine availability. It’s also about state capacity and the ability to persuade people to get vaccinated.
Agree or not, Chimamanda Adichie’s essay has generated a crucial debate
Nigerian feminist and novelist Chimamanda Adichie’s blistering attack against social media-enabled wokeness ‘choking on sanctimony’ and terrifying others having the ‘wrong opinion’ has generated a sharp polarising debate around the world. Though she has since redacted her three-part essay from her website, everybody has joined in. Pity Enid Blyton can’t.