Four Lane Highways are being built at 3000 km a year. Under UPA-2, 24,425 kms highways were built versus 31,000 in 4 years of NDA. By March-end, the figure will touch 39,000 kms (60% more than UPA-2). Gadkari’s work has born fruit.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.