Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya accuses Tejashwi and his associates of humiliating her, signalling an implosion in RJD’s first family. Driving out siblings reflects poorly on Tejashwi. Bihar voters stand vindicated. Another family-led party stares at meltdown with incapable legatees and dwindling political fortune. Ailing Lalu must grieve in silence.
Pakistan’s 27th Amendment will end badly—first for Pakistan, then for Munir
With the 27th Amendment, Pakistan just killed its constitution. The resignation of judges is a rare act of defiance. What was always a hybrid model with the army’s presumed pre-eminence is now an insecure Field Marshal’s rule for life. This has always ended badly. First for Pakistan, then its dictator.
Playing on Indian soil is now like Russian roulette. Laws of cricketing physics stand disfigured
For two decades, India won impressively in home Tests. The pitches may have turned a mile, but they held their shape, and dignity of cricket, over five days. Playing on Indian soil is now like Russian roulette—laws of cricketing physics stand disfigured. These pitches insult the game, players, fans.
Sheikh Hasina death sentence shows Bangladesh hasn’t built basic democratic institutions
Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence by a Dhaka court is consistent with the best political and judicial traditions of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Sentencing a leader to death in absentia shows these countries didn’t invest in building basic democratic institutions. What one side did to Bhutto, another side has done to Hasina.
UP govt’s plea in Akhlaq’s lynching case is sketchy. Court should have been allowed to decide
UP government’s plea to withdraw charges against the accused in Mohammad Akhlaq’s lynching is sketchy. And invoking the right to equality to do this is beyond cynical. The court should have been allowed to examine the case and decide. There was no need for the state government to jump in.