Will the next government, whoever heads it, have what it takes, or, rather, will we allow it to do what needs to be done to set this country back on the righteous path, even if it is as cratered as it always had been? I deliberately used the theme of the faithful, ‘righteous’, not the more contemporary ‘right’. ‘Righteous’ because that is something that can never be taken away from us by anyone else unless we decide to shed it ourselves. Are we righteous anymore? Nothing less than a landslide against Modi can redeem us as a nation and pull us out of the rut of neutrality, if not nonchalance, and clothe the next government with the resolve that is needed for the daunting — and righteous — task ahead.

Source: The Telegraph May 14, 2019 03:00 UTC