Bihar Dy CM Vijay Sinha’s reason for restricting meat sales outside schools is laughable. Meat-eating doesn’t make children violent. Family upbringing, popular culture are the problem. Politicians need to learn critical thinking about social behaviour, not peddle obscurantism. Focus on the gaps in school education, not what kids are eating.
Lutyens was no Macauley. Denying history isn’t cultural revivalism
Replacing Lutyens’ bust with Rajaji’s isn’t a decolonisation project. Architect Lutyens was no Macaulay. He built much of central Delhi, including Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate. Rajaji deserves a place, but not by dismantling Lutyens. There should be room for both in our national iconography. Denying history isn’t cultural revivalism.