The JP movement of the '70s birthed the careers and dynasties of several politicians. Whether the promises it made actually trickled down is another story.
06 December 2021
Reporter in 1972: “What’s the influence of the French Revolution?”
Zhou Enlai, premier of the People’s Republic of China: “It’s too early to say.”
When the Narendra Modi government passed the three farm bills in Parliament last year, triggering widespread protests across several parts of the country, Bihar did not witness any big agitation over the issue. When the Prime Minister chose to repeal them recently, there was no jubilation in the state either.
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Seema Guha / 'Despite the repeated warnings of health leaders, our failure to put vaccines into the arms of people in the developing world is now coming back to haunt us', wrote former British PM Gordon Brown.
Koushik Paul / Needing 280 runs on the final day, New Zealand thwarted the famed Indian spin attack at Green Park to settle for a fascinating draw.
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