The executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible power, so notions of the consent of the governed and the will of the people are a farce.
Naipaul always felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple visits to his ancestral land, will stand that test?
"If a principled yet powerful leader does emerge, he can only come from yesterday’s disempowered classes."
In a country with low press freedom and media literacy, fake news could be a recipe for disaster.
The major transformative potential of permaculture in India lies in its ability to make small-scale farmers self-sufficient. Hence, it offers viable solutions to the very deep crisis farmers are facing.
Unlike in India, British democracy, distorted by Mammon, is spared by God.
Once Britain moved beyond religious nationalism, religion itself became a spent force, though not one prevented from speaking truth to power. Contrast India.
In India, student protests have escalated under the current far-right, Hindu-supremacist government and been characterised by open ideological warfare.
The vitriolic anger directed at the PoA might mean that Indian society is not entirely ready to face the depth of its own ingrained prejudice.
Ravish Kumar has recorded the Republic of Fear for posterity. These are the heroes of World Press Freedom Day.
The concept of the precariat has explanatory power day-to-day and transformative potential in the socio-political world. For a just and honorable life, we need the political precariat.
