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The Big Story: Hindsight 2021
Imagine, for a second, what the Indian government’s focus would be on right now if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had just accepted the Opposition demand to send the three controversial farm bills to a Parliamentary panel for further consultation and scrutiny in September.
Perhaps the attention may have been on the Covid-19 numbers steadily falling since a peak in September 2020, even as the pandemic continues to rage in Western Europe and the United States. Or it may have been on India’s vaccination drive, with the country becoming – according to the government – the fastest to hit 1 million, 2 million and 3 million people receiving innoculations despite a surprising level of hesitancy among health workers.
Or more attention might...
