Priya Sahgal

WHAT GOT THE FARMERS ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FIRST PLACE?

January 6, 2021

The government’s most immediate challenge comes in from the in tray of 2020 which is of course the ongoing farmers’ protests. With the talks now shifted to 8 January, will the government blink? So far sources have indicated that the government will not roll back its farm laws. But unlike...

THE END OF A YEAR OF DISRUPTIONS

January 1, 2021

Resisting the temptation to send the year off with a good riddance, it certainly has been a year of upheavals. There are a lot of spin offs to the Covid spread but the dominant one of course is the impact it has had on jobs and the economy. True the...

THE POLITICS OF ZABARDASTI KA FAYDAS

December 30, 2020

It’s indeed very interesting. We have the government insisting that the farm reforms are all being undertaken keeping the farmers’ benefits in mind, but the farmer himself is arguing otherwise. In fact, I have heard more than one farmer refer to these bills as a “zabardasti ka fayda” (benefit that is being forced upon the recipient). The farmers are...

CAN MODI GOVT CONTAIN THE SHOWMANSHIP AND BRINKMANSHIP ON DELHI’S BORDERS?

December 23, 2020

If there is one message from the last month it is this: The spirit of Punjab is very much alive and kicking. The Modi government may have brought in the farm reform bills with the best of intentions, and had probably expected some opposition but certainly not on this scale....

GANDHIS NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON PAWAR, KEJRIWAL AND ALSO STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN

December 18, 2020

While the BJP is busy battling the farmers, there’s an interesting churn going on within the Opposition. We have had Sharad Pawar’s followers pitching for him to be the next chairperson of the UPA whenever Sonia Gandhi steps back. And given her lack of public appearances in active politics, this...

SHOULD SHARAD PAWAR TAKE OVER AS THE NEXT UPA CHAIRPERSON?

December 16, 2020

There has been a lot of debate recently around the office of the UPA chairperson. Currently that post is being held by Sonia Gandhi, but given the fact that she wants to take a step back from active politics, there is speculation as to who should succeed her. Since the...

PM IS KNOWN TO BE THE MASTER OF THE MESSAGE; WHY IS HE TRIPPING UP NOW?

December 11, 2020

This is one protest the Modi government could not have seen coming. The widespread protests by the Muslims against the CAA bill was something they must have anticipated—and sceptics will add—planned for as these only served to bolster the BJP’s image amongst its hardline Hindutva vote-bank. The protests against the...

VACCINE MAY BE AROUND BUT DON’T RELAX YOUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS JUST YET

December 9, 2020

Despite the promise of a vaccine, the pandemic is still very much out there and all precautions need to be maintained. Conservative estimates of a global vaccination cover will take us to the end of next year (December 2021) at the very least, hence the social distancing and other Covid...

DID GOVT MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE WITH FARM LAWS?

December 5, 2020

The Modi government is not new to facing protests. It went into the lockdown with the CAA protests still going strong and is now facing the farmers’ ire over its agriculture reform bills. The NewsX-The Sunday Guardian debated this issue, beginning with a look at how the Modi government handles...

MODI GOVT DOES NO ROLLBACKS, BUT WHAT DOES IT HOPE TO GAIN FROM FARM LAWS?

December 4, 2020

For the NCR this is fast becoming an annual feature. Last year the roads into the national capital were blocked by those protesting against the controversial Citizens’ Amendment Act (CAA). The protestors held firm; even as they were shifted to Shaheen Bagh, they ensured that they were not contained in...

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