Congress members giving, collecting donations for Ayodhya Ram temple exposes an ideological confusion in the opposition party. To think that they can appropriate the BJP’s temple plank belatedly shows a debilitating bankruptcy of ideas. Congress has attempted this image makeover with soft Hindutva politics many times before and been rejected.
Nitish Kumar is from JP school. Ironic that Bihar police is warning against jobs to protesters
The Bihar police order warning denial of government services and jobs to those taking part in protests and road jams is undemocratic, draconian. It’s even more unacceptable given the state has been home to major political and street movements, and is under CM Nitish Kumar who’s from the JP school.
India isn’t made of porcelain. Govt response to foreign celebs’ tweets unworthy of a great nation
Government’s response to foreign celebrities tweeting on farmer protests is thin-skinned and unworthy of a great nation. India isn’t North Korea, China, Russia or Turkey, and definitely not Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. Nor is it made of porcelain. It’s a proud, diverse democracy. Getting knee-jerked into churlishness lets us down.
For what it is worth, a great deal in fact, the State Department and the US Embassy in Delhi have both weighed in on the farmers’ agitation. Balancing reform with protest, as the IE puts it. Urging both sides to resolve their differences through dialogue, stressing the need for unhindered access to information, including the internet. Welcoming modernisation of agriculture and flow of private investment. 2. The idea that outsiders / foreigners have no right to comment on India’s internal matters is looking a little jaded now. We are an open society. Everything that unfolds is subject to fair scrutiny and appraisal. Most of all by the media. Blocking entire states / regions to foreign media sends its message to the world. MEA’s communication strategy needs to be world class.
Serious question : Why should Indian Muslims vote for the Congress ?
Perfect telepathy between me and Print. Reading an NYT column in ToI, which refers to applicants being barred from government jobs if they had participated “ in any law and order situation, protests, road jams, etc “, the thought struck me, Nitishbabu achhe waqt mein sarkar mein aa gaye. Sometimes it is the children who devour revolutions.
Unfortunately we now have a very sensitive FM who gets easily upset where he shouldn’t. Past time that Indians stop looking for approval from the West. It is surprising that those in politics supposedly with a thick skin are reduced to blabbering after the smallest ‘slight’ from irrelevant Westerners. Time to stop being crybabies.