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BJP govt needs to learn lessons from Nepal unrest

Nepal is grappling with its most severe civil unrest in decades which amongst other things has forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign. Key reasons include social media restrictions,  high level of corruption, high unemployment, outrage over kin of politicians flauting/living lavish lifestyles, youth frustration and marginalization. I for one like surely many others would not wish for any unrest in India and I hope the Indian BJP Govt is learning from the mistakes; not only of the erstwhile political establishment of Nepal, but also of others in the Indian subcontinent i.e. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc all of which (except for India) have/are facing/faced a similar sort of unrest against the establishment!



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City of dreams turns into megapolis of nightmares

VINAY DWIVEDI, Benaulim
Published Sep 11, 2025, 6:51 PM IST
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According to The Forbes list of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNI), Mumbai is home to 69 billionaires possessing around $445 billion in assets , the highest in India and the fourth largest concentration in the world after New York, Hong Kong, and Moscow. A city with Asia’s largest slum, pothole riddled roads, crumbling infrastructure, mountains of  garbage piled high on roadsides, a defunct storm water drainage system ensuring annual flooding during the monsoons,…

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