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 Derailed Sarkaar: Unaccountability At Its Peak! Derailed Sarkaar: Unaccountability At Its Peak! Posted on 2nd August, 2024 (GMT 20:05 hrs) In its fragile and unstable third term, the  sarkaar  of Saffron Fascists continues to ignore the tragedies of the people. The sheer lack of accountability and care have reached newer heights of apathetic disavowal. This is not unexpected from them. We had earlier composed an article on this issue: The Marathon of Tragedies: whose onus is it? ⤡ In the above, we talked about some of the mass-scale disastrous happenings that took place during Modi 2.0 due to the latter’s neglect. After the Lok Sabha Election Results, we have seen plenty of such similar tragedies as the above, including infrastructural failures, multiple bridge collapses and innumerable rail “accidents” (?). In the above post, we had stated: The railway tracks have not been changed since long, no infrastructural development in Railways could be observed in the past decades. These age-

 Indian Middle Class: Why are they so apathetic to initiate non-violent civil disobedience movement? Indian Middle Class: Why are they so apathetic to initiate non-violent civil disobedience movement? DEBAPRASAD BANDYOPADHYAY ⤡ Posted on 12th July, 2024 (GMT 08: 55 hrs) Dear Friends, As a part of academiocracy, I have experienced both the poles of Indian citizens: one is at the highest level of bureaucracy, embassy as well as the privileged tiers of academics; moreover, I have also witnessed the lowest level of socio-economically deprived persons in the quarries, mines, jute mills and brick industry through first-hand experiences. I have enjoyed the comfort of these two zones and did not face any noticeable problems in the case of either ends. However, when I started dealing with the Indian middle class after the DHFL scam, I faced several problems. This is the first time in my life that I am facing the “middle class trap”. The problems are somewhat of the following kind: a) They are (