Those Who Write Off the Opposition Must Not Forget the Electoral Surprises of 1977 and 2004 https://thewire.in/politics/opposition-rahul-gandhi-1977-2004-election
The developments after the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi have the potential to bring about a swift change in the scenario. The mood of the voters can be gauged only when the battle lines are drawn, not when society is dormant.

The developments after the March 23 disqualification of former Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, have the potential to bring about a swift change in the scenario. The BJP cannot afford to overlook the softening of the stand of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), and to some extent Samajwadi Party (SP) towards Congress.

If the opposition parties go for some sort of electoral understanding – if not form a full-fledged pre-poll alliance – and if their supporters vote tactically, the result may come as a big surprise.

Neeti Nair’s ‘Hurt Sentiments’ is contextualisation of present in past https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/neeti-nairs-hurt-sentiments-is-contextualisation-of-present-in-past-493454 Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia by Neeti Nair. Harvard University Press. Pages 352

“Secularism was no longer an abstract constitutional principle; it had become an imperative to uphold, a slogan to embrace fully, wholly, in substantial measure” because the Act was “widely regarded as having the awesome potential to target and disenfranchise Indian Muslims, often described as ‘illegal’ and ‘Bangladeshi’ in the writings and speeches of BJP leaders”..

..What explains the Congress’ manifest ambivalence over secularism despite claiming to be its chief spokesperson? What were the compulsions brought to bear on Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and Ambedkar while resolving the vexatious questions on India’s minorities?..

..Gandhi emerges as the idealist, the savant and the hard-headed politician who adroitly escaped some of the quandaries by a mix of pragmatism and compromise. The chapter on “Gandhi’s Assassination, Godse’s Defence, and the Minority Question”, with two telling epigraphs which set out their worldviews, poignantly depicts the Mahatma as isolated by the Left and the Right. To Gandhi’s assertion that “a prayer meeting is not a debating assembly... freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day”, his assassin Nathuram Godse’s salvo was, “I (am) determined to prove to Gandhiji that the Hindu too could be intolerant when his honour was insulted.” Godse’s sentiment was understandable in the background of his unwavering beliefs. What of the Congress?

Kripalani said Gandhi had not found a way of tackling the “problem of non-violent non-cooperation” on a “mass basis” because his policies had to be carried out by others and “these others” were not converted to his way of thinking. Were “these others” leaning towards the Godse school of thought of the “hurt” Hindus and the case for an “Akhand Bharat”? The author conceded, “Some amount of bigotry seeped into the soil, became acceptable. With Gandhi’s death died an idea of India.”

MGNERGA Sangharsh Morcha : मनरेगा बजट काट अडानी की जेब भर रही सरकार_bjp is filling Adani's pocket by cutting MANREGA budget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08g0KAxGnkk  Apr 2, 2023

1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the future | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwELr8ir9qM BBC Archive Dec 31, 2021

"The only thing  we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely." - Arthur C Clarke.

The science-fiction writer and futurist Arthur C Clarke undertakes that most impossible and unrewarding of tasks - attempting to accurately predict the future. What will the world of tomorrow look like? Will the inhabitants of the future have monkey butlers? Yes, according to Mr Clarke, but only until they unionise...

Clip taken from Horizon, originally broadcast 21 September 1964. 

https://medium.com/predict/predicting-the-future-lessons-by-arthur-c-clarke-342762ef0dcb On “A vision of the future” - 1960's, the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke paints the picture of a future in which communication would eliminate barriers and change the way people live and work. Although it is clear to us today how technology has changed our lives, his ideas seemed unreasonable and unthinkable to those of his time. As a futurist he spotted trends and envisioned what could be achieved with the development of transistors and communications satellites.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010104_arthur.shtml

Indian Hindus say "NO" to Hate in the name of Hinduism. From a call

The slogan "Hindu khatre mein hai" (Hindu is in danger) is being used to instigate us repeatedly, and fear can push people to protect themselves and their loved ones. But fear can also make us cruel and violent.

The world is also observing and trying to understand what Hinduism is all about. Can we be comfortable saying “That is Hindutva, not Hinduism” when our identities are being used to propagate hate and violence? We are also enabling the Hindutva narrative when we do not distance Hinduism from it.

Are we part of a system that is creating a narrative of Hinduism as a peaceful religion that is inclusive and tolerant where everyone can seek their own paths to salvation

or

Do we want it to be seen represented through organized, uncontrolled mobs that destroy everyone and anyone they imagine as enemy?

An Imam who led the prayer at a mosque in Maharashtra's Anwa village was attacked by unidentified individuals who entered the place of worship and beat him up for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.   https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-imam-beaten-beard-cut-off-for-refusing-to-chant-jai-shri-ram-2352292-2023-03-28

Violence in Jalgaon after Hindu procession plays music in front of mosque during namaz  https://scroll.in/latest/1046532/  Clashes were also reported in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Vadodara and Howrah on the occasion of Ram Navami.
The Myriad Things Indian Muslims Are Changing To Survive Overt & Covert Hostility In Their Changing Country https://article-14.com/post/the-myriad-things-indian-muslims-are-changing-to-survive-overt-covert-hostility-in-their-changing-country--6420a1fd73768
rom giving up the food they love to where they pray to even concealing interfaith marriages, Indian Muslims are changing how they eat, talk, work and other practices and customs fundamental to their identity, to survive India’s era of Hindu majoritarianism. The damage of having to modify perfectly legal and appropriate behaviour, in order to stay safe and employed, is real and difficult to quantify, but it is widespread.

India’s startup growth story lacks fundamentals - Part 1 Indian tech startups and consumer internet companies have—or will—hit a wall. We look at why, sector by sector.
 https://themorningcontext.com/internet/indias-startup-growth-story-lacks-fundamentals-part-1/ The Morning Context... The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates seven times since 2022 and continues to be hawkish to control inflation. That put a hold on much of the money supply allocated to emerging markets like India. As…

NASSCOM TECH START-UP REPORT 2022 – RISING ABOVE UNCERTAINTY: THE 2022 SAGA OF INDIAN TECH START-UPS February 15, 2023

Key Highlights:

Strong ecosystem with New Gen tech start-ups base broadening:

1300+ new tech start-ups, 23 new unicorns (2nd highest in the world)
2022 funding at $18.2 Bn is 30% lower than 2021, higher than last 4-year average in value terms
3-4X growth in investments for critical areas like EnvironmentTech, Lifesciences, Aviation, Maritime & Defence
Decline in late-stage funding but more investment in early-stage start-ups:

>40% drop in late-stage funding, led by reduction in mega deals
>30% increase in seed and early-stage funding
>1.6X increase in 2022 over 2021 in unique and active venture capital and private equity firms
Indian entrepreneurs’ laying emphasis on fundamentals

More than half of the tech start-ups in 2022 saw an increase in revenue of>20% (survey findings)
Overall, half of the tech start-ups continued or increased hiring in 2022
25% of mature start-ups are either EBITDA positive, or expect to be by mid-2023
Diversity of Indian tech start-up ecosystem continues to expand:

39% of tech start-ups founded in 2022 from emerging locations in India, up from 34% in 2021
18% start-ups in the ecosystem with at least one-woman founder/co-founder
36 unicorns and potential unicorns with at least one women founder/co-founder

Gujarat High Court Quashes CIC’s Order Directing Gujarat Varsity To Provide Info On PM Modi’s Degree; ₹25K Imposed On Delhi CM Kejriwal https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/breaking-gujarat-high-court-quashes-cics-order-directing-gujarat-varsity-to-provide-info-on-pm-modis-degree-under-rti-act-225260 Sparsh Upadhya 31 Mar 2023 The main plank of the University's argument was that the University was holding the information (PM’s degree) in a fiduciary capacity and as per Section 8(1)(e) of the Right to Information Act, the information held in fiduciary capacity cannot be disclosed "unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information". During the hearing in the case, appearing for Gujarat University, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that the RTI Act was being "misused to settled scores and taking a childish jab at opponents". It was also submitted that hat the University had already put the certificate in the public domain, however, the matter was being argued by the University in principle to address the question as to whether RTI Act be applied for extraneous purposes to satisfy someone's curiosity.

Gujarat High Court Quashes CIC’s Order Directing Gujarat Varsity To Provide Info On PM Modi’s Degree; ₹25K Imposed On Delhi CM Kejriwal  https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/breaking-gujarat-high-court-quashes-cics-order-directing-gujarat-varsity-to-provide-info-on-pm-modis-degree-under-rti-act-225260  Sparsh Upadhya 31 Mar 2023 The main plank of the University's argument was that the University was holding the information (PM’s degree) in a fiduciary capacity and as per Section 8(1)(e) of the Right to Information Act, the information held in fiduciary capacity cannot be disclosed "unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information". During the hearing in the case, appearing for Gujarat University, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that the RTI Act was being "misused to settled scores and taking a childish jab at opponents". It was also submitted that hat the University had already put the certificate in the public domain, however, the matter was being argued by the University in principle to address the question as to whether RTI Act be applied for extraneous purposes to satisfy someone's curiosity.

Why is the Modi Government And the BJP So Obsessed With Rahul Gandhi?  https://youtu.be/l2e880YvERU?t=98 , Prof Suhas Palshikar, gives four separate but very substantial answers. They lead to the conclusion that the challenge from Rahul Gandhi has firmly placed the Modi Government and the BJP within the horns of a difficult dilemma. Neither the government nor the party are confident about what to do

Suhas Palshikar writes on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, disqualification: Why BJP loves to hate Rahul  March 25, 2023 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rahul-gandhi-conviction-disqualification-why-bjp-loves-to-hate-rahul-8517128/  To ignore Rahul Gandhi would mean conceding space to him and to a counter-ideology. But to continue to target Rahul can only lead to expanding the space he can occupy

https://youtube.com/embed/l2e880YvERU?start=544&end=715 Indian public is not sleeping they are being put to sleep. There is a kind of hynotism that this leader is the final word of wisowm.  What Rahul is doing is break the spell of this hynoptism. 

Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi may not be the most skillful politician, but it’s hard to see him as a criminal https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tavleen-singh-writes-criminality-or-politics-rahul-gandhi-defamation-case-8518988/ March 28, 2023 20  Meanwhile, the Budget got passed last week without debate because Parliament has not functioned in the hope that Rahul Gandhi will apologise for saying that Indian democracy is under threat. Why does the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament last week have the reek of dirty politics? Why does a Prime Minister with the highest approval ratings of any world leader seem afraid of a man his spokesmen routinely dismiss as a goof? Why does the most powerful political party in the world seem suddenly unsure of its stature? If you think I have the answers to these questions, you are wrong, but they are questions that are being asked and should be asked.