Imprinting Independence; Himalayan Horror; Chinese Conundrum
Opinion Watch
Imprinting Independence
The Asian Age its Editorial on Independence Day fervour said: “We have lost the ability to achieve excellence in a sustained manner, and most of our people, educated and trained, or not, tend to aim for and settle in the zone of mediocrity. We make too many laws, render them too complex but are always culturally tuned to take pride in violating it, in finding ways around it. We are a strong nation and economy but a divided society.” The daily’s wish list included “better governments; better politicians and bureaucracy; and a large-scale shift in the quality of people who are seated in power”. The Economic Times also has lamented the pervasiveness of ‘Maai-Baap’ Sarkar.
Politicians, who rule over the people, don’t drop from the sky. Politicians of 1950s indeed are now non-existent entities, and so may be the case with the people as well.
Himalayan Horror
With over 51 people dying in one of the worst days in Himachal Pradesh yesterday, The Tribune in its Editorial has called for “stringent imposition of rules”, opining that the unending horrors of 2023 should jolt the collective psyche and trigger impactful responses. Calling to confront the shocking reality, the Chandigarh-based daily slammed “the frenzy to not lose out on the tourism moolah among the locals”, while underlining that unsound mountain cutting, soil vulnerability, dumping of debris in the rivers and unchecked illegal mining are possible cause events for disasters in the hills.
Environmental activism was delightfully demonized lately, and the nature has served the punishment with god speed. Brazen disregard to the risks of fragility of the Himalayas comes at a hidden cost paid by destruction of lives and properties.
Chinese Conundrum
The Economic Times in its Editorial has said that deflation in China is now a risk for the global economy, as well as inflation on the back of cheap Chinese products being shipped. The business daily opined that the people in China belied expectation of revenge spending after coming out of pandemic lockdown to dry consumption, while property market is in a tailspin as unemployment among the youth is at a multi-year high.
China was drugged by American capital to race past others in expanding economy in a short span of time, but now Beijing is faced with limitations of an export-driven economic system amid fluid geostrategic equations in the world order.
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