People’s Power beats Power

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:46:56 +0000

On the day that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his government’s retreat on the farm laws, I was contacted by three leading Western media outlets to participate in debates and give a quick analysis of implications. What I noted is that they were as interested in the policy implications as in the psychological implications of the move. From the international news perspective, it was apparently both the story of the triumph of one of the largest protests in the world besides the humbling of a man the world now sees as the Supreme Leader of India.