For the rioters in Pune, a Bodo tribal, a Meitei Manipuri and a Nepalese from Darjeeling were clearly indistinguishable and interchangeable: like peas in a bad pod. Unfortunately, this is not a stray blindness: it is almost a national trait.
UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has been severely criticised for the unconscionable riots in Muzzaffarnagar and his apathetic response....
In India, the leadership options are either effete, muscular or sinister. But, there's a twist in the tale.