Bihar leader Upendra Kushwaha attacks PM Modi in letter, says ministers and officials have become mere 'figureheads', accuses govt of ‘toeing RSS agenda’.
Ashish Gupta, Brand Director for Skoda India, said while performance cars like the Octavia RS are not too cheap, ‘car buyers who know and love their cars find them to be far better bang for the buck’.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
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.
It need not have been like this. Consider the example of President Trump, privileged to lead the world’s foremost nation and society, unwilling to make use of the talent and expertise within the government system, to begin with. History does not begin within a new administration, although it could end if he presses the wrong button while ordering his morning coffee. Whether it is working with autonomous institutions that have been created specifically to maintain a system of checks and balances, respecting tradition and conventions that represent the memory of a well established democracy, working with the opposition, respecting the media and civil society, any government needs to acknowledge that all power – much less, all wisdom – does not reside in it. A relay race. An exceptionally gifted athlete might have the privilege of running more than one lap, but then the torch must be passed on to the next person. In the exercise of power, less is often more, and more enduring.
It need not have been like this. Consider the example of President Trump, privileged to lead the world’s foremost nation and society, unwilling to make use of the talent and expertise within the government system, to begin with. History does not begin within a new administration, although it could end if he presses the wrong button while ordering his morning coffee. Whether it is working with autonomous institutions that have been created specifically to maintain a system of checks and balances, respecting tradition and conventions that represent the memory of a well established democracy, working with the opposition, respecting the media and civil society, any government needs to acknowledge that all power – much less, all wisdom – does not reside in it. A relay race. An exceptionally gifted athlete might have the privilege of running more than one lap, but then the torch must be passed on to the next person. In the exercise of power, less is often more, and more enduring.