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This is a brilliant balanced ground up story showing both hope and despair.. and more nuance at the ground than either vishwaguru or democracy in danger screeds from the 2 sides..
If people are happy with “ACCHE DIN” why does Modi have to play Muslim card again and again? Why does he have to put opposition party people in jail especially the AAP MLAs by misusing PMLA act in matters of corruption cases even when no proofs are found yet.
This is a brilliant balanced ground up story showing both hope and despair.. and more nuance at the ground than either vishwaguru or democracy in danger screeds from the 2 sides..
This is such stellar reporting. Reading articles like this renews my faith in Indian journalism
Extremely pitiful that such a condition still exists in our country and we call ourselves vishvaguru and want to spend money making statues.
Please share with me Balram’s contact details. I would like to offer him employment!
Thanks,
If people are happy with “ACCHE DIN” why does Modi have to play Muslim card again and again? Why does he have to put opposition party people in jail especially the AAP MLAs by misusing PMLA act in matters of corruption cases even when no proofs are found yet.