Implications of Narendra Modi government and Punjab agreeing on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to farmers for wheat are reformist. Too much in our farm economy runs on spoken word and traditions, often loaded against the farmer. Commission agents, or Aarhatiyas, are needed but not as lenders-sellers-buyers all rolled into one.
India needs a live dashboard on vaccines sent to states. They aren’t war secrets
PM Modi complains about Covid politics, but the Centre must take the blame first for maintaining opacity in vaccines sent to states. They aren’t missiles or warplanes whose deployment is a State secret. A live dashboard on their availability and allocations will be a good first step to build trust.
IPL 2021 brings a ray of normality amid pandemic gloom. The show must go on, even if in a bio-bubble
IPL 2021 begins today and promises to be that much-needed ray of normality amid renewed fears, restrictions and gloom of the pandemic. It will be a bit of a bummer that there won’t be cricket-and-franchisee-crazy fans in the stands. But the show must go on, even if in a bio-bubble.
SC investigation of Kashi’s Gyanvapi reckless, will allow return of BJP’s polarised politics
The court-mandated archeological investigation at Kashi’s Gyanvapi mosque will allow BJP to return to its default polarising politics over India’s medieval past and the promise to heal history’s wounds. It’s reckless as Supreme Court has placed the essence of Places of Worship Act 1991 in the basic structure of Constitution.
What you mean by SC in the story title, is this an Suprei Court initiative? “SC investigation of Kashi’s Gyanvapi reckless” ??
Wonderful since the beginning of the farmer, for the first time there a comment that there is something reformist.
Better late than never.
The Print is a Pidi media. Pidi is the name of pet dog of Raul Vinci. Days of Antonia Miano, Raul Vinci, Pinki and gang are over. Issue with members of Pedi media is that they aquired a lot of gratification from defacto PM and dejure PM during UPA rule. Now, the present PM is a mass leader and he carved his to PM chair by dint of hard labour. So he is aware of uselessness of members of Pidi media. He does not care for them. He has direct connection with mass. Since Pidi media members are used to get benefits from dalali, so they criticise every thing our present PM does to create confusion. But Pidi media has failed so far and it will fail in future also. Jai Sri Ram.
All information on doses of vaccine should be in the public domain, readily accessible on the websites of the central and state health departments. Production, consumption ( jabs ), stocks. Although this is intruding into the domain of private enterprises, given the nature of the pandemic, it would be good if SII and BB do this as well. A little touchy, but full information on each dose that has been exported, although one is not sure the MEA would love to do this at the moment. 2. At the moment, things are looking a little messy.
For me personally, the Ayodhya verdict could be appreciated only if it brought down the curtain on a long simmering, socially divisive problem, accentuated on 6th December 1992. Ordinary citizens might accept the imprimatur of an SC ruling in a way they would not a politically crafted compromise. A one time guillotine, never to be repeated. 2. What if archaeological excavations at any sensitive site show the ruins of an earlier Hindu place of worship. Would we demolish the Taj Mahal today if radar mapping / images show an elegantly framed silhouette of a Shiv Mandir lying beneath it.
As individuals, we are mere pawns in the wheels of time. Satyam Eva Jayate is not an empty proclamation. In the passage of time, truth will always win… If your are agonizing over the destruction of a structure (whose sanctity you respect), consider the combined agony of the people who held the earlier structure is greater respect when it was destroyed centuries back… Its their agony and pain that has paved the way for their progeny and Shree Rams bakths to rejoice today… One by one, time will ensure that truth wins… The eternal dharma is bound win… Its larger than individuals, politics, courts. Its beyond your understanding for sure… You are biased to sanctity of only one kind of structure. Try to hold truth at a greater respect
Basic structure of the constitution can’t replace nor can oppose the basic fundamental rights of a large group of people. The mosque being constructed on the top of a temple structure is clear for all to see. While the legal puritans will definitely say this act of court to survey the land is illegal, they miss the point that SC can review its own judgements. So despite SC declaring places of worship act as basic structure of constitution, if a large number of people’s fundamental rights are at stake, and scientifically with proper procedure it is proved that the mosque indeed built on a temple structure, SC will have to allow for the temple to be reconstructed.
Look, this will not die. For the simple reason being that a devotee will always be uncomfortable with the mosque on a holy hindu shrine. It’s simple. Would the muslims be ok with a shiva idol in their mosque or christians with ganesha in their church? No. By trying to suppress these issues, you are invariably repeating the script of Ram janmabhoomi case. Let’s all sit on a table and discuss. There’s nothing talks can’t solve. In return for the this kashi shrine and mathura and other such important shrines, the muslims can be given assurance that any communal attack will be dealt with severely and that their religion will not be undermined. Or something like that.
A spirit of compromise doesn’t mean you let the perpetrator get away. There is give and take and in that give and take lies tolerance and compromise. Not just resigning the fate of our holy shrines because a bunch of journalists and intellectuals feel “uncomfortable” with the truth. That’s stupid and pacifist.
The judge must be commended for initiating an ASI investigation into the long standing dispute over the Gyanvapi mosque. By all accounts, the Kashi Vishwanath temple was destroyed by Islamic fanatics and the mosque built on its ruins.
A thorough and professional archeological investigation of the site would provide us with a clear answer. The Waqf Board is understandably quite upset with the court order. However, The Print team seems to be upset too. Its puzzling indeed.