What is happening in Sandeshkhali has political thuggery written all over it. Amid Trinamool Congress’s political overdrive to pose a challenge to BJP in upcoming elections, many problematic patterns are being overlooked. First the attack on the ED team and now sexual exploitation allegations, mobs can never run a democracy.
In Pakistani ‘Arab Spring’, people have voted against the Army. But nothing good will come of it
The old script that Pakistan’s Army never won a war or lost an election has been rewritten. That the GHQ can install whoever they want won’t change this reality. In Pakistani ‘Arab Spring’, people have defied and voted against it. Like elsewhere, nothing good will come of it here too.
Indian agriculture needs urgent reforms. But repeated call for sit-ins harms farmers’ interests
The farmers are protesting again, this time demanding more legal guarantees. But what Indian agriculture urgently needs is reforms such as stopping trade bans that can ensure benefits reach farmers directly. This repeated call for sit-ins is counterproductive and ultimately harms farmers’ interests and traps them in an unchanging rut.