South First#Downsideup: SOS beyond the air crash: #India needs urgent focus on operations, maintenance, and economy
#DownsideUp: As Hyderabad greens sing the blues, Telangana needs to build its own Amaravati
Anumula Revanth Reddy can tap into #Telangana’s global success stories to boost prosperity without bulldozing the capital’s green lungs.
https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/as-hyderabad-greens-sing-the-blues-telangana-needs-to-build-its-own-amaravati/
#DownsideUp: From #Aurangzeb to #Karnataka quotas—why is the #Muslim factor a hot potato in India’s ‘Bollywoodised’ democracy?
In politics today, random emotions often outweigh facts and ideology.
Aurangzeb and Karnataka quotas: Why the Muslim factor is hot potato in Bollywoodised democracy
It is becoming increasingly clear that in politics in general, and democratic politics in India in particular, random emotions and moods seem to matter more than a calm, composed approach to ideologies or a hard look at facts.
#DownsideUp: South-side story: Is India shifting from cooperative to coercive federalism?
When the Union links benefits & allocations to its own conditions, is it truly cooperative? this report explores the growing tensions.
#DownsideUp: DMK vs BJP over Hindi—language politics takes centre stage in #TamilNadu
While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denies imposition, DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam clarifies it isn’t against voluntary learning. Can DMK turn this into a political advantage?
Read the full analysis
https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/dmk-faces-hindi-bouncer-from-bjp-but-can-play-a-shrewd-hook-to-win/
DMK faces Hindi bouncer from BJP but can play a shrewd hook to win
There is also a broad argument that an extra language diverts a student’s attention away from other subjects (say, physics) and is a burden of sorts. Just as the BJP says Hindi is not being imposed, the DMK says it is not against the voluntary learning of Hindi by Tamil Nadu’s citizens.
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#DownsideUp: AAP’s Delhi defeat offers a lesson for the INDIA bloc, which remains in limbo after Modi’s third-term win.
The Haryana-Delhi tussle between Indian National Congress & Aam Aadmi Party underscores key challenges for the Opposition. https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/aaps-delhi-defeat-holds-a-silver-lining-for-the-national-opposition/
AAP’s Delhi defeat holds a silver lining for the national Opposition
The Haryana-Delhi tangle between the Congress and the AAP holds a lesson for the Opposition INDIA bloc that has been more or less in suspended animation after general elections that returned Modi to a third term in power.
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#DownsideUp: Cow urine vs Toddy
A centuries-old folklore meets today’s politics. Dr Kamakoti’s comment on cow urine sparks a #TamilNadu debate, blending health beliefs and political interpretations.
Cow urine vs Toddy: Tamil Nadu stirs a healthy debate on unhealthy politics
Cow urine and auto-urine therapy (sipping one's urine) have been a part of India's folklore for centuries if not millennia, but the fact that the Hindutva-loving BJP parented by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is in power is such that a random statement of the kind Dr Kamakoti made is interpreted politically.
#DownsideUp: Andhra CM @ncbn's reversal of the two-child policy for local body elections sparks debates on political fairness & migration challenges.
Interestingly, Naidu himself introduced the rule in 1994. @madversity writes
https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/andhra-cm-naidus-four-child-googly-wake-up-call-on-unfair-politics-and-migration-issues/
Andhra CM Naidu’s four-child googly: Wake-up call on unfair politics and migration issues
Last November, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed bills to amend the state's panchayat raj and municipal acts that had previously banned anyone with more than two children from contesting local body elections for posts such as sarpanch or mayor. Notably, Naidu was the one who had prescribed that rule in 1994.