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Water shortage could hurt India’s sovereign credit strength, says Moody’s  https://scroll.in/latest/1069742/water-shortage-can-negatively-impact-indias-sovereign-credit-strength-says-moodys
The water crisis could disrupt agricultural production, industrial operations resulting in inflation, decline in income and social unrest, the agency said.

By 2031, the average annual water availability per capita in India is likely to drop to 1,367 cubic metres from an already-low 1,486 cubic metres in 2021, Reuters reported citing data from the water resources ministry.

Comment: The Sovereign Credit strength is also dependent on the Public assets and the earnings from them, either as services, when in fact these are being privatised through internal debt to private sector, but from public funds.

Rahul Gandhi in Manipur I Decoding Brand Rahul I Rahul vs Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxvD5ZQDojI Neerja Chowdhury Mojo Story

Rahul Gandhi is in Assam and Manipur today, this after weekend visits to Gujarat and Hathras. The politician, once mocked for his frequent personal vacations, appears to have transformed. But how will Rahul Gandhi navigate his politics as Leader of the Opposition- Will his ideology be left or Centre right?

 https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=650  Not deafeated the Mandir movement, but the mandir issue did not work in the elections..

https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=838  Percieving RG as Hindu Left.. Fashioning an ideological alternative as " we are ass HIndu as you are"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D4fw2XtIQ8 Rahul Gandhi In Manipur: राहुल ने मणिपुर में हिंसा पीड़ितों से मुलाकात के बाद क्या बोले ग्रामीण ? .. कुकी बहुल चुराचांदपुर के जिस राहत शिविर में राहुल ने पीड़ितों का हाल जाना वहां से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : साल भर से एक हॉल में डेढ़ सौ लोग.. नवजात बच्चे से लेकर बुजुर्ग तक सब हालात के मारे ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYbbvn1KQs LIVE: Rahul Gandhi In Manipur | Rahul Gandhi On The Front Foot! | Manipur News |  Rajat Sethi calls it tragedy tourism.

How did ‘Bhole Baba’ gather such a massive crowd, one that any politician would have died for? https://thewire.in/rights/hathras-stampede-and-the-growing-shadow-of-irrationality 

Much like Big Tobacco when markets decline seeks to lure women and children to try its wares, ‘Bhole Baba’ gravitated towards the woman devotee. Having had to reinvent himself following his arrest in the year 2000 for nabbing the body of a dead girl after claiming that he would bring it back to life, he seems to have taken the business decision to prey on softer targets. His modus operandi, going by the observations a former schoolmate made to The Hindu, was to have women agents share tales of his magical prowess among local communities. It would follow that the people these agents were most likely to interact with were other women – invariably those who were poor, less lettered, and from castes subjected daily to a myriad forms of discrimination. These are the precise subjects who find themselves most vulnerable to false information and spurious spiritualists. 

The unspeakably appalling stampede also provides a prism to view the shrinking of rationality in contemporary India.

Today, we have seen a complete reversal of even the intent to push back against superstition and irrationality, even as the “baba-rocracy” has grown in multifold ways with ashrams dotting the landscape across the country. Bogus products, especially those related to health, have gained a firm foothold on media content. The pre-programming space in satellite television provider, DISH TV, for instance, is a mélange of fakery, featuring cads of every description from tarot card readers and astrologers to drug manufacturers offering all manner of cures. They are presented as authentic thanks to fervent certifications from “ordinary” people, or actors pretending to be so. On its part, DISH TV takes care to prominently state that it does not endorse any of the claims made or products promoted.

by Pamela Philipose

08/07/2024