View: How the tyranny of distance amplifies some protests, ignores others
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In the value system of politics, regionalism is decried and the ideal of Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat is promoted. Quite rightly too for the ideal of One India also assumes equal opportunities and equal empowerment for those living in Dakshin Delhi and Dakshin Midnapur
Nine years ago, vicious sectarian riots broke out between Bodos and Muslims in the Kokrajhar district of Assam. The disturbances left nearly 80 people dead and nearly four lakh people fled their homes and took shelter in makeshift camps. To use a phrase popularised by lachrymose reporters in the Western media, it was a “humanitarian disaster.”