Project Cheetah: Displacing 5,000 people for lions and rushing cheetah translocation with no social impact surveys— Are we truly prioritizing conservation?
Review - DEKHO
With only 6,500 Cheetahs left in the wild, can we afford the risks to their welfare vis-a vis local communities?
As the ‘Satluj’ controversy continues to dominate Punjab's politics, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu has repeatedly invoked the wounds of the militancy era, while former Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has warned that reopening history only risks polarising the present and may ultimately benefit parties like the Shiromani Akali Dal, ‘Waris Punjab De’ and Akali Dal (Punar Surjit). Three decades after Punjab paid an enormous price for violence and division, should political leaders be healing the memories of that era, or are they once again discovering that the easiest path to power lies in awakening old fears, old identities and old wounds rather than offering new hope for Punjab's future ?
जैसे-जैसे सतलुज विवाद पंजाब की राजनीति के केंद्र में आता जा रहा है, केंद्रीय मंत्री रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू लगातार उग्रवाद के दौर के घावों को याद दिला रहे हैं। वहीं, पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह ने चेतावनी दी है कि इतिहास के जख्मों को बार-बार कुरेदना वर्तमान को ही विभाजित करेगा और इसका राजनीतिक लाभ अंततः शिरोमणि अकाली दल, वारिस पंजाब दे और अकाली दल (पुनर सुरजीत) जैसे दलों को मिल सकता है। तीन दशक पहले हिंसा और विभाजन की भारी कीमत चुका चुके पंजाब में, क्या राजनीतिक नेताओं का दायित्व पुराने घावों को भरना है, या फिर वे एक बार फिर सत्ता तक पहुँचने का सबसे आसान रास्ता पुराने डर, पुरानी पहचान और पुराने जख्मों को जिंदा करने में तलाश रहे हैं, बजाय पंजाब के भविष्य के लिए नई उम्मीद देने के ?
As the Satluj controversy continues, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu has intensified the debate by posting graphic militancy-era videos on social media. What makes the controversy more striking is that criticism has come not only from the Opposition, but also from senior BJP leaders like Manoranjan Kalia, Laxmi Kanta Chawla and even former state BJP president Sunil Kumar Jakhar, who have cautioned against selectively reopening Punjab's darkest chapter and risking its hard-earned communal harmony. If leaders within his own party are urging restraint, is Ravneet Singh Bittu putting personal politics ahead of Punjab's peace and social cohesion ?
