The real test of governance is now upon Modi and his gang. No longer non-issues like banning beef, harassing Christians and Muslims in isolated pockets, ignoring farmer suicides, weakening a strong economy that the private sector will heal - now comes the heavy stuff that will affect everybody - water.
Climate change, erosion, randomly destroying the gift of green canopy and bad policy have all contributed to scarce water and late monsoons. What if in the near future a series of monsoons are delayed or God forbid a few not arriving altogether? Then let us see the emphasis of Hindutva solve the massive problem that requires the least divisiveness and the most of working together. With a population that that of India, the Cape Town Experience will be a mere Boy Scout’s party. Woe to a man like a Modi who thinks governance is putting one group against another. Calamity will have to be redefined if a water shortage like the one hitting Madras city envelopes larger parts of a thirsty country. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
