EDITOR'S COLUMN
Friends,
Month of May has gone leaving most parts of the country high and literally dry. Water Crisis all over India did cause a major concern. There has been unscheduled rain in different parts of the country for just a day or two. While it did help, with rise in some ground water level, it also helped mercury level to go down. Hope it was not only a passing respite.
The Month of June supposedly herald the onset of monsoon. Meteorological men have predicted more than normal monsoon. They were even very specific by saying it will be 4% more than normal. While they said, last week of May as the possible time of south-west monsoon to set in, now they have changed it to the 2nd week of June for the onset of monsoon. So what to take or what not to take is left to the reader. In any case the uncertainty is truly causing concerns. We need rain to come, soon and in plenty.
Month that went by saw elections to many states. Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu have seen elections to state assemblies. Anti incumbency is the usual factor that would influence outcomes. But election being a game of glorious uncertainties, one has to wait and see. Of course, by the time, this print is in your hands, result would have already been declared. As usual psephologists have been having a field day predicting victory or defeat of parties in the field.
Abki baar Modi Sarkaar completed 2 years at the centre. There have been differing assessment of the NDA government’s performance from all and sundry. The grand posturing and promises have not seen action as anticipated. May be expectations should have been tempered down realistically. It’s been a mixed bag. Of course, it has to be seen from the perspective of aam aadmi, not necessarily from that of Arvind Kejriwal, who has been a bit of a joker looking for dirt only in the persona of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the next month’s edition we hope to go into the details of ‘NaMo’s 2 years’.
Month-in-Perspective has been as usual. We have come up with our take without mincing words. Of course we could not cover many issues in our perview due to space constraints.
The incident of anti-national activity in National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, has charged the national atmosphere, for the importance it deserved. Unlikely combination of Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP has not been able to influence the course of events in Kashmir. Unfortunately Kashmir has been an issue of concern and Pakistan have always tried to fish in the troubled waters. In Focus we have tried to discuss the Pakistani role in keeping the Kashmir issue burning. Hope readers would find the effort interesting. Do revert with your inputs. Rest as usual.
Month of May has gone leaving most parts of the country high and literally dry. Water Crisis all over India did cause a major concern. There has been unscheduled rain in different parts of the country for just a day or two. While it did help, with rise in some ground water level, it also helped mercury level to go down. Hope it was not only a passing respite.
The Month of June supposedly herald the onset of monsoon. Meteorological men have predicted more than normal monsoon. They were even very specific by saying it will be 4% more than normal. While they said, last week of May as the possible time of south-west monsoon to set in, now they have changed it to the 2nd week of June for the onset of monsoon. So what to take or what not to take is left to the reader. In any case the uncertainty is truly causing concerns. We need rain to come, soon and in plenty.
Month that went by saw elections to many states. Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu have seen elections to state assemblies. Anti incumbency is the usual factor that would influence outcomes. But election being a game of glorious uncertainties, one has to wait and see. Of course, by the time, this print is in your hands, result would have already been declared. As usual psephologists have been having a field day predicting victory or defeat of parties in the field.
Abki baar Modi Sarkaar completed 2 years at the centre. There have been differing assessment of the NDA government’s performance from all and sundry. The grand posturing and promises have not seen action as anticipated. May be expectations should have been tempered down realistically. It’s been a mixed bag. Of course, it has to be seen from the perspective of aam aadmi, not necessarily from that of Arvind Kejriwal, who has been a bit of a joker looking for dirt only in the persona of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the next month’s edition we hope to go into the details of ‘NaMo’s 2 years’.
Month-in-Perspective has been as usual. We have come up with our take without mincing words. Of course we could not cover many issues in our perview due to space constraints.
The incident of anti-national activity in National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, has charged the national atmosphere, for the importance it deserved. Unlikely combination of Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP has not been able to influence the course of events in Kashmir. Unfortunately Kashmir has been an issue of concern and Pakistan have always tried to fish in the troubled waters. In Focus we have tried to discuss the Pakistani role in keeping the Kashmir issue burning. Hope readers would find the effort interesting. Do revert with your inputs. Rest as usual.
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