Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The effort by the previous government to keep KFA airborne, leaning on the banks, has drawn political criticism, held up as an instance of crony capitalism and phone banking. Vijay Mallya’s larger than life persona may have something to do with it. However, the fact is that any conscientious government would wish to save a business from collapsing, for many reasons, including jobs. The bout of political exceptionalism that started with assailing everything that happened in the second half of UPA II continues. Governments need to be cut a little slack. Personally I have stopped following stories about what really happened on 26th and 27th February; as a citizen I want to believe the official version. Most people would, if it was not being made into an electoral issue. One hopes, after 23rd May, a new political culture can be inaugurated, one in which the opposition is regarded as much a stakeholder in the system as the government.
The effort by the previous government to keep KFA airborne, leaning on the banks, has drawn political criticism, held up as an instance of crony capitalism and phone banking. Vijay Mallya’s larger than life persona may have something to do with it. However, the fact is that any conscientious government would wish to save a business from collapsing, for many reasons, including jobs. The bout of political exceptionalism that started with assailing everything that happened in the second half of UPA II continues. Governments need to be cut a little slack. Personally I have stopped following stories about what really happened on 26th and 27th February; as a citizen I want to believe the official version. Most people would, if it was not being made into an electoral issue. One hopes, after 23rd May, a new political culture can be inaugurated, one in which the opposition is regarded as much a stakeholder in the system as the government.