Western Bias
The West has never been too comfortable with India’s rise. Indeed, at independence, nobody expected India to survive as a democracy.
The West has never been too comfortable with India’s rise. Indeed, at independence, nobody expected India to survive as a democracy.
Goa stands as a microcosm of the intricacies between power and governance. With polling for both the state’s Lok Sabha seats scheduled for the third phase of the general election today, Goa offers a fascinating glimpse into the complexities at play.
As votes are cast in the third phase of the general elections today, in Karnataka, where the remaining 14 of its 28 Lok Sabha constituencies go to the polls, the spotlight sharply turns to the north of the state.
S ince 17 April, pro-Palestine sitin demonstrations have impacted multiple American universities, bringing education to a standstill. Riot police employed force to take down protestors’ encampments while arresting thousands.
It was a year ago - on 6 May 2023 - that Charles and Camilla had their formal coronation as King and Queen of the U.K. Charles is about the same age as me and I have seen his pictures on TV, newspapers, magazines, and books all my life but without an understanding of his personality.
Should some of the pilgrims be afflicted on the island, the risk of the contagion spreading on their way home to other parts of India via Kolkata is dangerously real. That fear can be contextualized with the other directive to the home secretary, specifically to issue media advertisements, making the people aware of the risk of visiting the Gangasagar Island between January 8 and 16. It is too hideous to even imagine that the Gangasagar mela could turn out to be what they call a “super spreader” of the virus.
Cases have mounted since and the screws have been tightened, leading to shortages of food and essential supplies and restricted access to even medical services. China’s policy of containing Covid, perfected in Wuhan where the virus originated, has three prongs ~ mass testing, extensive quarantines, and abrupt lockdown announcements.
At some time in the last four to five decades we stopped recognising that human resources were as important as capital and raw material to run an enterprise and it was a false narrative that only promoters, investors and shareholders had an inherent claim over the profits. Skill development and building partnership with workers was not required
Truth or journalistic ethics has become of no concern. However, the values and ethics of journalism do not, and should not, change. It is not only online media, but even mainstream media outlets cannot resist the temptation to cover fake news stories repeatedly for their sensational value, giving them added traction.
The BCCI president, on Tuesday, had said that, no matter what, the Ranji Trophy would be gone ahead with all right. The sweep of the sentences in the assorted news copy suggested a certainty akin to the inevitability of the everyday rise of the sun in the east.
