Weekend Reads “If there is one thing we’ve learned about [Narendra] Modi in all the years he has been chief minister and prime minister, ...
Weekend Reads
- “If there is one thing we’ve learned about [Narendra] Modi in all the years he has been chief minister and prime minister, it is that he never learns from his mistakes,” writes Siddharth Vardarajan in the Wire, as the government celebrates the first year of Modi 2.0. “The current situation is the product of his cult of personality, and the only response he is capable of is to double down on his worst impulses.”
- “On a day when the country’s highest court finally, if belatedly, questioned the Centre and the states on the plight of stranded migrant workers, it takes a particularly blind and blatant partisanship, apart from a moral obtuseness, to question, instead, the commitment and credentials of those who are pointing to the unfolding tragedy and calling for urgent redress and accountability,” says an Indian Express editorial on the arguments of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
- “Most families are doing exactly that: consuming boiled rice and salt or wheat flatbread with chilly paste. Even potatoes are unaffordable,” reports Sayantan Bera in Mint. “During a three-day visit to Bundelkhand last week, this reporter witnessed signs of pervasive hunger and undernourishment. Entire families, including children are skipping meals; families out of the food security scheme are on the brink of starvation.”
- “The Covid-19 experience has taught...
