The mural, titled ‘The Nightingale and the Grocery Shop’, is part of Wall Art India, an urban art initiative led by the Alliance Française, the Embassy of France and the Institut Français.
Not only did LSR fail to make the top five of NIFR, but it also dropped from rank 9 in 2023 to rank 10 this year. This downward trajectory since 2021 is disconcerting and disappointing.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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