What is ‘Editor’s Pick’?
In the most precise editorial language, it is a selection of the week’s best articles, condensed and reviewed for our users. Is this section of any good when we already provide daily reads to our users? Well, it most definitely is. The articles featured here will add to your knowledge bank as well as help you become better readers. Happy reading!
Article 1: Moment Of Reckoning
The beauty of Indian Politics lies not in what the governments do after they are made but in how they are made. The only decision to be made before the elections is that of who gets what or what is euphemized as division of seats. The fore-runner for the crown of ‘nothing in the hand, nothing in the bush’ seems to be the BJP which has been haplessly bleeding since Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee stepped down as its leader. The party can best be described as a collection of various regional heads with a headless centre. The latest visible strife seems to be between Mr. Nitish Kumar and Mr. Modi. Both are eyeing the centre and both have a good set of credentials to prove their claims.
Article 2: Mindless Solidarity
The world is full of people and organizations that turn an otherwise benign incident into a strife between two conspicuous warring sides. The British divide and rule was just a beginning and we have been at it for years now. The latest example of this being the slew of protests and attacks in Tamil Nadu regarding the issue of the Sri Lankan Tamil community after the end of LTTE. The attacks are so irregular in approach that other than trying to gain some publicity they seem to be fulfilling no purpose at all.
Article 3: The Real Spending Problem
Tax cuts or government spending? This question has been haunting policy makers for decades. The current scenario in the United States is no different from most of the other nations. They have been through one of the worst economic slowdowns in history, the very basis of capitalism is being questioned, the government debt is rising exponentially, the social security expenditure is bearing little fruit and the currency is not what it used to be. Amidst all these issues, the tax sops offered to the masses are bound to come under scrutiny as another form of government spending.
