Lifting liquor ban isn’t Jan Suraaj’s only promise. For voters looking for change & who don’t see Lalu’s RJD as alternative, Kishor represents new hope, one Nitish embodied in his early years.
Bihar minister Sunil Kumar says ‘humanity’ is why Nitish Kumar govt has had a change of heart about awarding compensation to families of hooch victims, but prohibition here to stay.
Last week's hooch tragedy, which killed over 70, has again raised questions on implementation of prohibtiion law, with many blaming corruption in police & system for easy availability of liquor.
It is now universally agreed that women-led community-based approaches are likely to yield better results than a ban. The sooner Bihar realises this, the better it will be.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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