“We lived in Bombay and we lived in Mumbai and sometimes, I lived in both of them at the same time.”
— Suketu Mehta, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Mumbai: The City That Resurrects Itself
Bombay rises from the sea every day, always hungry, forever looking ahead, even as many individual dreams get snuffed out in its maw
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India’s electoral system, which produces genuine leaders, must be designed for the country’s long-term growth
The idea of One Nation, One Election seems outlandish since the architecture of the election process doesn’t allow much space for it
Simultaneous elections will lead to the mixing of national and state-level issues, which does not serve the electorate’s best interests
Is One Nation, One Election a threat to federalism? Will it have an impact on the power dynamics between the Centre and the states? Will it curtail the power of state assemblies and chief ministers?
This move is questionable as it assumes, or even aspires, that people vote the same way in state and national elections
Updated: 30 Jul 2022 7:10 am
“We lived in Bombay and we lived in Mumbai and sometimes, I lived in both of them at the same time.”
— Suketu Mehta, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
