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The supporters of the price rise (read Hindutva brigade) argue that increased revenues that come from the indigent pocket are necessary for a benign state and the government to finance ‘so many’ welfare schemes
Badri Raina
Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four decades and is the author of the much acclaimed Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth. He has several collections of poems and translations. His writings have appeared in nearly all major English dailies and journals in India.
The Supreme Court recently held that even ‘mere support given to a terrorist organisation’ will not attract sections of UAPA. How may it then be construed that some have been charged under the draconian law for ‘supporting’ the Pakistan cricket team?
He has alleged corruption in high places but the prime minister seems least concerned
If the move to field 40% women candidates succeeds even partially, it will inaugurate a new day in the politics of the Hindi belt
For some unmentionable reason, all rationality and political or cultural empathy disappears when the subject of Kashmir comes up
But to mount a credible opposition, the Congress Working Committee must resolve to hold internal elections for the party’s leadership based on a contest between policy planks
They burn the wicked one Who does not exist. Those that deserve extinction Are not on their list
The Indian republic is saddled with a madness that, if not curbed with an iron hand and by loyal institutions, can rapidly drag democracy into anarchy
We need an educated and sincere tolerance of debate, an ideational contest which only a genuine democracy may furnish, not ministerial diktats
In his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, US President Joe Biden spoke of the two countries’ shared “responsibility to uphold democratic values”