Fresh from New Zealand and Australia Test debacles, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja’s Ranji return is good for Indian cricket. It offers much-needed game time, practice, and promotes team culture over superstar habits. It’s a bonus that young players in Ranji squads will find mentorship in seasoned seniors.
Stalin’s Iron Age in Tamil Nadu claim needs robust academic scrutiny
MK Stalin’s dazzling claim of Iron Age in Tamil Nadu from 3259 BCE can upset the Harappa-centred view of Indian civilisation and shift focus to other contemporary cultures. Put this claim through robust academic scrutiny to avoid charges of political agenda. Beyond furnaces and burials, present evidence of continual habitation.
Dhankhar has rightly questioned the whip system. Get parties on board to implement the idea
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has raised valid questions about the whip system, which forces legislators to obey party diktats. He’s right: it curtails freedom of expression and subjects them to servility. This undermines the law-making process. Dhankhar must get stakeholders on board to carry his idea to its logical conclusion.