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Maharashtra government formation: Rock and hard place for INC, NCP and SHS

Discussion about who will form government in Maharashtra is just everywhere. The chance that occasional conversation overheard while walking in road is about government formation. News channel and news papers have done nothing to provide clarity to observers. They are part of the melee of speculative clickbait articles.  It seems that SHS, NCP and INC are trying to forge an alliance to form the government. Nothing more unnatural than SHS aligning with two congress parties. SHS represents jingoistic, chauvinist politics something which congress parties are known to be averse of. Core voter of SHS is mainly anti-congress. Parties are wary of the alliance because they understand that path of alliance will be full of perils. Examples of Karnataka, Bihar and north eastern states are too close to be forgotten. In all these states, anti-BJP alliance was formed, which soon ran into trouble and eventually BJP formed the government.  SHS and both the congresses are decentralized pa...

Status quo and notion of justice

Supreme court of India has delivered the verdict in the Ayodhya land title dispute. Prabhu Ram (Lord Ram or Ramala Virajaman) is the owner of the land under dispute. I find the verdict strange. I have no doubt about faith of large number and fraction of Hindus that Ayodhya is birthplace of Ram. Ramayana fascinates me. I also believe that a great king, who resembles the hero of Ramayana must have existed. Yet, I cannot make peace the verdict. A deity or god cannot be the owner of the land ruled by humans. Human beings or creations of human beings like limited liability company can be the owners. Not gods!   I also do not understand why waqf board has been awarded the 5 acres. If their possession was wrongful or continuation of historical wrongful possession, then why are they being compensated? Compensation indicates that something unjust has happened with the receiver. What unjust act has happened with waqf board? It must the demolition of mosque.  In my opinion, 2010 ...