Is the new NDA Government starting out on a bad omen - or a series of bad omens ?
Unbelievable number of bad events in less than 1 month of the new government coming in : road and train accidents, exam failures, airport structural failures, floods (including in Lutyens Delhi!), bridge collapses, stampedes, liquor deaths. Even Ram Temple is not spared.
Don't know. What I suspect you *will* see though is even more of such deterioration. These are not bad omens -- these are just instances of bad governance, coupled with corruption, coming home to roost, and there is a lot more of it out there.
If we are talking about bad omens for the government, one can argue for the exact opposite as well. While hypothetical, imagine all these events happening during or around the elections, instead of immediately after forming a minority government. Wonder how they would have influenced the results, particularly in Bihar?
The counter-factual doesn't work quite as well, really. Bihar is no stranger to abysmal infrastructure; bridge collapses have happened before; an entire bridge was stolen if you recall... these and other such have not stopped the Nitish-BJP government from getting traction in the past. In some other state, sure -- but I am not sure these would have influenced the course of elections in Bihar to a sizeable enough extent. Frankly, I am damned if I can make that state out.
Agree, Bihar seems like a tough species to crack politically. NK getting away with so many u turns is on itself tough to understand. These incidents happening around that time would have certainly punctured the infrastructure development narrative peddled by supporters as well as the clueless foreign media (read the Economist) regardless of the impact on election outcomes.
Nitish is about to become irrelevant for health reasons. The supporters, well, reminds me of that line: You can't reason someone out of an opinion he didn't reason himself into in the first place.
Prem, in the first para it should be 2011 not 2021
And great article as always
Yes, my bad. I have corrected it in the online version but no way to get these corrections to reflect in the email :-( And thanks, Arti. Be well
Hi Prem
Great article, it should be Nov 2011 instead of 2021... typo
cheers
Oh fish, thanks for the catch
Is the new NDA Government starting out on a bad omen - or a series of bad omens ?
Unbelievable number of bad events in less than 1 month of the new government coming in : road and train accidents, exam failures, airport structural failures, floods (including in Lutyens Delhi!), bridge collapses, stampedes, liquor deaths. Even Ram Temple is not spared.
Will we see a much televised yaagam soon ?!
Don't know. What I suspect you *will* see though is even more of such deterioration. These are not bad omens -- these are just instances of bad governance, coupled with corruption, coming home to roost, and there is a lot more of it out there.
I was talking about omens and yagna in a lighter tone...
Maybe there has been a glitch in the direct communication from you-know-WHO !
:-) Have a good weekend
If we are talking about bad omens for the government, one can argue for the exact opposite as well. While hypothetical, imagine all these events happening during or around the elections, instead of immediately after forming a minority government. Wonder how they would have influenced the results, particularly in Bihar?
The counter-factual doesn't work quite as well, really. Bihar is no stranger to abysmal infrastructure; bridge collapses have happened before; an entire bridge was stolen if you recall... these and other such have not stopped the Nitish-BJP government from getting traction in the past. In some other state, sure -- but I am not sure these would have influenced the course of elections in Bihar to a sizeable enough extent. Frankly, I am damned if I can make that state out.
Agree, Bihar seems like a tough species to crack politically. NK getting away with so many u turns is on itself tough to understand. These incidents happening around that time would have certainly punctured the infrastructure development narrative peddled by supporters as well as the clueless foreign media (read the Economist) regardless of the impact on election outcomes.
Nitish is about to become irrelevant for health reasons. The supporters, well, reminds me of that line: You can't reason someone out of an opinion he didn't reason himself into in the first place.