Right to peaceful protests or activism is fundamental to our constitutional freedoms. If there is no call to violence, these aren’t crimes. Modi government’s heavy-handed counter to these is wrong. The terrorist-like arrest of Disha Ravi looks frantic, unjust and unwise. Now the magistracy’s response should raise tough questions too.
Vaccination progress looks unimpressive, govt must involve private sector
India’s Covid vaccination process is looking unimpressive. The pace for our large population is slow and now bulk of vaccine recipients haven’t turned up for second dose. Government needs to give up control like with testing, involve private sector and open it to more categories to build herd immunity faster.