Mr. MODI's BAGGAGE IN OFFICE ;
"With the Modi government settling down to its new responsibilities,it is becoming increasingly clear that it comes with its baggage.And each day brings a new gem of wisdom from the Bhartiya Janta Party's ranks and allies to offer a concept of India and the world that is part of medieval, part gauche.
Judging by our six years of experience of the Valpayee government,we had come to expect our education and allied ministries to be packed with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] ranks and sympathisers.We have seen an obscure historian with pronounced RSS sympathies take over the Indian Council of Historical Research.
In the ministry dealing with education and allied subjects,instead of an ideologue ,the Modi government has done better :appointing a novice and school leaver to provide the RSS a sheet of blank paper to write on.Indeed,the oratory of BJP ranks and allies has been in full flow in welcoming a Hindu India of Mr. Modi's concept and in dilating upon the evils of such peril as bikinis and bars in Goa.
On the sensitive issue of rape,very much in the public eye,BJP party men's views are as conservative and retrograde as those of many other parties such as Samajvadi party.The world's gender revolution has still to catch up with the bulk of our male politicians who still live in male dominated society,with the country's traditional and mythical tales reinforcing a chauvinist mindset".
[Excerpt from lead article,Daily Tribune].
"With the Modi government settling down to its new responsibilities,it is becoming increasingly clear that it comes with its baggage.And each day brings a new gem of wisdom from the Bhartiya Janta Party's ranks and allies to offer a concept of India and the world that is part of medieval, part gauche.
Judging by our six years of experience of the Valpayee government,we had come to expect our education and allied ministries to be packed with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] ranks and sympathisers.We have seen an obscure historian with pronounced RSS sympathies take over the Indian Council of Historical Research.
In the ministry dealing with education and allied subjects,instead of an ideologue ,the Modi government has done better :appointing a novice and school leaver to provide the RSS a sheet of blank paper to write on.Indeed,the oratory of BJP ranks and allies has been in full flow in welcoming a Hindu India of Mr. Modi's concept and in dilating upon the evils of such peril as bikinis and bars in Goa.
On the sensitive issue of rape,very much in the public eye,BJP party men's views are as conservative and retrograde as those of many other parties such as Samajvadi party.The world's gender revolution has still to catch up with the bulk of our male politicians who still live in male dominated society,with the country's traditional and mythical tales reinforcing a chauvinist mindset".
[Excerpt from lead article,Daily Tribune].
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