The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
Itna aasaan nahin hai, Bhai Saheb, varna ab tak ho gaya hota. When I saw the heading, thought it was about the good old yarn of bringing home the prodigal sons, stuffing a million and a half into each surprised account. Removing poverty – creating wealth if that is the phrase the columnist prefers – is a decades long enterprise, the trek China and many countries to our east have essayed. It requires both hard work and the good economic advice that comes from institutions such as Harvard. 1991 showed the way forward, but our journey since then has been hesitant, halting, half hearted. Don’t expect these big changes to come from the glib slogans that underpin the massive marketing blitz that election campaigns have become. Else Wizcraft could have run India.
It is really a new path that can make Indians prosperous.
Itna aasaan nahin hai, Bhai Saheb, varna ab tak ho gaya hota. When I saw the heading, thought it was about the good old yarn of bringing home the prodigal sons, stuffing a million and a half into each surprised account. Removing poverty – creating wealth if that is the phrase the columnist prefers – is a decades long enterprise, the trek China and many countries to our east have essayed. It requires both hard work and the good economic advice that comes from institutions such as Harvard. 1991 showed the way forward, but our journey since then has been hesitant, halting, half hearted. Don’t expect these big changes to come from the glib slogans that underpin the massive marketing blitz that election campaigns have become. Else Wizcraft could have run India.