The death warrant to hang the four convicts in the fatal gangrape of Jyoti Singh brings closure to a very traumatising episode in India’s collective memory. The case reshaped national conversation on women’s safety but dragged on for seven years. This shouldn’t start a new loop of curative petitions now.
After NSO GDP numbers, Modi must move away from NRC & CAA, focus on economic revival
With the NSO now pegging India to grow at a 11-year low of 5 per cent in 2019-20, PM Modi must immediately make economic revival his political priority. Instead of squandering political capital on divisive issues such as CAA and NRC, he should invest his energy in a pro-growth budget.
Delhi Police risks perception of double-standards over its handling of JNU attack
The failure of police in the national capital to first stop the violence in JNU and now nab the attackers, raises serious questions about its fairness. The perception that it is instead going after an injured student leader opens it to allegations of double-standards and can greatly damage its reputation.
Some people have a principled aversion to the death penalty. That undergirds this Rarest of the Rare doctrine. However, at least as far of cases of women / girls being violated and then killed are concerned, it should be the unvarying norm.
So much depletion of capital within a few months of the start of a new term is distressing. Ms Suhasini Haidar wrote about diplomatic capital. Things are no better at home. What should have been a purposive, reform laden start has begun to unravel on the streets. Fortunately, the protestors are giving out rose stems, it is some sections of the police who have got carried away. God forbid, if the economic condition continues to deteriorate, this could flip the other way. 2. The leaders of India Inc were granted an audience. These are the men who can give sound advice on economic revival. Their first submission would be, Restoration of social harmony and tranquility. Divisive issues being discarded. A more cooperative South Asia. To get completely on top of things before they acquire a runaway momentum of their own.
Indian Express was blunt, Business Standard more diplomatic, but their edits are both castigating Delhi Police for the ghastly assault on JNU. On afterburner in Jamia Millia, deathly still in JNU. Not upholding the rule of law, doing their duty to citizens, to keep them safe at all times. It would not be unfair now to talk of them in the same breath as UP Police. 2. During the August Kranti Maidan protests, a woman got detached from her group and was asking, anxiously, Will I be safe ? A Bombay cop told her, Don’t worry, we are here. This is not Delhi or UP.