Edits | August, 2024
Modi has already lost. The post-general election scenario has not played out well for the BJP+ (it’s no longer BJP) or for the INDIA alliance either. They don’t have the power to hold BJP+ from passing laws or modifying the presented bills, for their own camps do not have cohesion in what they speak in the Parliament. Recent upheavals about extremists being in prison and Niti Aayog commentary do not augur well for the development of the country. Further, all the opposition parties in the Parliament have now started gathering pace to offer caste and religion-based subsidies in their own states that are up for state elections. UP will definitely be a tough election for Yogi as well as Prime Minister Modi of BJP+ since they have lost the much-expected volume of mandate of the Indian populace, and it is no longer coming back in the short term.
Temple run is over and UP is almost lost. At the BJP camp in Uttar Pradesh, which is the hub of all political activity in the north Indian states and sort of elects the prime minister of the country, everything that was doing good for BJP has suddenly become a not-so-salvageable position. Yogi has appointed multiple people behind each seat to be closely watched and managed in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections. Usually, elections are fought not by a strategy but by the work on the ground, which transgresses many months. Here those many months have been lost since the elections of the Parliament have shown that the Modi-Yogi formula has not worked with the electorate of Uttar Pradesh. They are now compelled to try the PDA formula of the Samajwadi Party, which now stands already patented by SP, and in most likelihood cannot be duplicated by another party by simply offering carrots to the PDA community. For sure, the BJP must have come over the religious fervour of the grand opening of temples in order to secure a mandate. The sheer ego and ahankaar of Modi could safely be considered to have contributed to this marginalisation of votes by the Indian population, who watched it on live TV with most of India behind barracks, while he compared himself with the Gods during the temple run.
The big fat Indian wedding is getting bigger and better for some of the Indian families, and if one could look at history, they are becoming the best and the most revered in the world. Taking the cue from the last few weddings that have happened in India, luxury brands are now focused on the great Indian deal. It has resulted in event management becoming an industry. Though ostentatious, all the big fat Indian weddings have some sort of a takeaway behind the scenes. There are weddings where alliances between families result in bigger equity in their companies. Political pot sometimes becomes bigger. Akin to how Maharajas used to marry their wards into suitable families, which does not regard the relationship of husband and wife, or an alliance of lovers, but simply an arrangement through the young kids to prosperity and a bigger business. There seems to be nothing wrong in this deal, also since the fabric of marriage has changed with the advent of technology and the changing times.
Trump has almost won. The assassination attempt on Donald Trump has not only marked a victorious gain in his campaign but has almost decided his candidature. Choosing Vice President Kamala Harris over Michelle Obama, who had better ratings over the former, may have been a wrong decision on the Democrats’ camp, who could have capitalised on the Obama legacy. Trying out a candidature for a female running for the top office, akin to Hillary Clinton, this could also fall flat despite whatever is being said in the Democrats’ rating. With the charisma that Donald Trump brings into the office, America has a better chance to be further larger and more bright than ever. Important programmes like quantum computing and the mission to Mars have America top up to a next level in technology and continue ruling the world.
Wars are done. The Ukraine war seems to be over for President Zelensky and the NATO forces as Donald Trump is on the edge of a victorious Presidential run in the US. It is no secret that the Republicans may not defend their war alliance against Russia. In the last Presidential elections, Russia was targeted to have been supporting Donald Trump in his campaign for the mandate of becoming the President of the United States. If such was true, then this time around the war landscape will have a tough time saving Kyiv from Moscow.
20 Medals in the Olympics for India. India is looking to reap the benefits of its young, trained, and athletic population, which is far better in sports and body than the earlier generation. In the next issue of Woman’s Era, there will be a comprehensive report about the journey to the medals India won. With Indian enterprise coming in full support of athletes and the Indian government lending its helping hand, we hope we will be able to hit a 20 medals welcome home for this elite Indian Olympics team. In Tokyo 2022, India won 7 medals: 1 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze. All the best to us.
CA Divesh Nath
Editor
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