The basic socio-political mindset of the Pakistani society is the outcome of various faith-based experiments conducted by the state and the armed forces.
The basic socio-political mindset of the Pakistani society is the outcome of various faith-based experiments conducted by the state and the armed forces.
The much-delayed Maharashtra Eradication of Black Magic, Evil and Aghori Practices Bill was not introduced in the just-concluded Assembly session despite a promise to do so and the Cabinet clearing the Bill during the session.
As per Anna speak, Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi belong to a common category—chief ministers who do good development work without being corrupt. More of the corruption part hereunder. But, what of Modi’s fingers dipped in blood? Response: communalism is bad, but “I was speaking only of his development work.†There has of course been a studied refusal to question the Modi model of “development.†Tainted and disfigured by his marshalling of the massacres of 2002, influential sections of his party leadership, closet communalists among the new middle classes, and those in the corporate media who have been busy touting and boosting the “India story,†the future they desire for Modi has been sought to be pinned on his personal probity and developmental genius.
Given the scale of corruption in India, the constitution of a Jan Lokpal will be a welcome initiative. But the proposed Lokpal has the makings of a super-monster.
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