The prisoner-patient of fodder scam taint may be at his weakest today, but his boast that you can’t take Laloo out of Bihar still rings a tad true. The old warrior seems nowhere close to exiting 2019’s election chessboard.
He didn’t come out of the blue, as a one-man messiah. ‘Brand Laloo’ was erected on the back of years of social justice politics, as its stunning embodiment.
One possible explanation of Naveen’s aggression in the face of Modi’s apparent softening of tone is that it’s the Odisha CM’s way of asserting that the BJP cannot take him for granted.
Science outreach is crucial if we want to engage young people and attract them to science and research, and also bring science closer to society. That’s why a forum like ISC is important.
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Zaman focuses on Islam as a fiercely contested terrain in colonial times as well as in a new Pakistan. He also scrutinises the marginalised fate of Ahmadis and Shias.
