Bonds made and broken,
Amidst speculation and fear of disintegration even before it is formed, opposition coalitions have become the subject of Indian cartoonists. Now the season has turned a bit sideways. Even so, it exists like a hope in millions of despair. The stones thrown at the opposition by the ruling party are like nothing. For INDIA some good news has come first from UP and then from Delhi. The seat-sharing agreement between the Samajwadi Party and the Aam Aadmi Party has once again given the opposition parties and their associated activists an opportunity to claim that the battle for 2024 is not yet over and that they will present a tough challenge to the ruling coalition. Be patient. INDIA has experienced several shocks one after the other in recent times. First of all, the Congress itself put a hold on the alliance talks in the hope of a good performance in the assembly elections held in December last year. Even when the talks started, the leaders did not show the same enthusiasm or interest a...