Seldom before has there been so much joy in the shadow of defeat. But as the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began to trickle in on Tuesday morning, the smiles and good cheer began to heat up an already sultry day. Not since the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019 has India allowed itself what former US President Barack Obama described as the audacity of hope.
Daily Brief: Five years of CAA - Citizenship remains an empty promise for Hindu migrants in Bengal, and more
The Daily Brief is free. But it takes money, labour and time to produce the journalism you see here. Do consider signing up as a Scroll member if you haven’t already.
Write a comment ...