The National Register of Confusion (NRC)

India seems to be drafting up a National register of citizens (NRC) in Assam, a northeastern hilly state. This is being done in a supreme court monitored process due to the signing of Assam Accord in 1985. The accord signed by then central government and student’s unions in backdrop of anti illegal migrant movement. This is targetted on Bangladeshi immigrants who came to India because of Pakistani military crackdown in what was then East-Pakistan. Recently a draft of NRC was released and 40 Lakh people( 4 Million people) have been left out. Many times a member of the family finds his/her name and other’s don’t. This is creating confusion and perhaps a sense of anxiety. Also, no one really understands what will happen to people who have been left out of the list. Will they be deported? Will they be allowed to stay without voting rights? No answers have been provided by the central government.

Xi Jinping in Trouble?

Only a few months ago it was announced that Xi Jinping won a “vote” to remove any term limits on a president. This was departure from convention established since the ruinous years of Mao. For example, Xi Jinping is the only President who has allowed a personality cult to develop. His actions are in direct constrast to the philosophies of Deng Xiaoping. He has taken an adverserial approach towards the U.S. and has had a harsh anti corruption purge (which more or less looks like a political purge). These actions coupled with not actually reforming functional problems in china which lead to corruption has tainted Xi’s administration. Xi’s seems to have forgotten a basic tennet in politics, with great power comes great responsibility and so does the blame.
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