China says it stands with India against US bullying but also equates India, Pakistan as victims of terror in a clever ploy, peddling false equivalences. New Delhi-Beijing thaw is smart, tactical. But there should be no illusion. Problems won’t melt away magically just because Trump is a shared headache.
Swraj Paul was a one-man diaspora army. He jolted India’s smug, legacy corporate owners
Swraj Paul, the first celebrity global Indian, was a one-man diaspora army for Indira Gandhi and for India in the ‘foreign hand’ era. He jolted India’s smug, legacy corporate owners with hostile raids on Escorts and DCM. Paul’s diverse family empire thrives. Friends he made across generations will miss him.
SC modified order is sensible, will make human and canine lives easier
Supreme Court’s modified order on street dogs is sensible, balanced, humane. If implemented well, it will make the lives of both human beings and community canines easier. Beyond emotionally charged, polarised arguments, the order provides a clear-headed path forward—sterilisation, vaccination, responsible feeding. Fixing it needn’t become a dog’s breakfast.
No wonder The Print is elated and over the moon.
It’s sustained campaign on behalf of stray dogs has finally succeeded in persuading the Supreme Court to alter it’s directives.
One cannot but feel for the thousands of victims of dog bites, the parents who have lost their toddlers to stray dog maulings, and the families who lost their members to rabies. Of course, almost all of them belong to the poor and marginalized sections of our society.
The ones who campaigned for the dogs were usually from the elite or middle class – people with resources and connections and ample space in their hearts for stray dogs. They succeeded in placing the dog’s life at a higher premium than the life a common man.
This is India after all. The rich man’s dog lives a much better life than the poor man’s family.