China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
It’s such a shame!
Once again, the common man has been thrown under the bus by the Supreme Court. Things, quite clearly, will remain the same on the ground. Nothing will change.
Animal lovers wishing to be consulted by MCD for designating specific dog feeding areas simply means they will keep feeding dogs wherever they want to. Thus exacerbating dog-human conflicts and leading to more cases of dogbites and rabies deaths and maulings of toddlers. Of course, the poor and the marginalized sections of the society are the worst affected ones.
The way the animal lover community organized post the Supreme Court verdict on stray dogs and managed to convince the judges to reverse their order is a textbook example of how disinformation assisted with powerful/influential connections can be leveraged for obtaining advantageous legal verdicts.
The Print played it’s role with blatantly one-sided and partial articles on the dog-human conflicts – absolving the dogs while holding the government accountable for the crisis afflicting the nation. Shekhar Gupta carried out a campaign on X (formerly Twitter) to reverse the judicial verdict. The elites of our society, who put a much higher premium on the life of a stray dog as compared to that of the common man, won in the end.
Congratulations to The Print and Shekhar Gupta!
China is fused with Pakistan in a way the United States is not fused with India. This is a difficult situation which Indian foreign policy must navigate with care. Fine editorial by Ms Jyoti Malhotra for Tribune on this.
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.
It’s such a shame!
Once again, the common man has been thrown under the bus by the Supreme Court. Things, quite clearly, will remain the same on the ground. Nothing will change.
Animal lovers wishing to be consulted by MCD for designating specific dog feeding areas simply means they will keep feeding dogs wherever they want to. Thus exacerbating dog-human conflicts and leading to more cases of dogbites and rabies deaths and maulings of toddlers. Of course, the poor and the marginalized sections of the society are the worst affected ones.
The way the animal lover community organized post the Supreme Court verdict on stray dogs and managed to convince the judges to reverse their order is a textbook example of how disinformation assisted with powerful/influential connections can be leveraged for obtaining advantageous legal verdicts.
The Print played it’s role with blatantly one-sided and partial articles on the dog-human conflicts – absolving the dogs while holding the government accountable for the crisis afflicting the nation. Shekhar Gupta carried out a campaign on X (formerly Twitter) to reverse the judicial verdict. The elites of our society, who put a much higher premium on the life of a stray dog as compared to that of the common man, won in the end.
Congratulations to The Print and Shekhar Gupta!
China is fused with Pakistan in a way the United States is not fused with India. This is a difficult situation which Indian foreign policy must navigate with care. Fine editorial by Ms Jyoti Malhotra for Tribune on this.
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.