Our democratic culture does not prioritise protecting an individual's right to live life her way, especially if that is not our way or the way of the community.
One problem with globalisation is that bad ideas seem to travel faster than good ones; first there was smearing tomato ketchup on everything; then drinking sugar-soaked cocktails ('Cosmo'-politanism) instead of our traditional whisky soda, and now this idea that we should abandon the poor to their fate in order to protect their dignity.
Insurance is important for protecting the health of people and Ujjwala is quite useful to low-income women.
My guess is that while the elites would like cleaner air, they are not willing to give up the convenience of being able to use their cars at will to get it, perhaps because they believe (I suspect incorrectly) that they can protect themselves from the consequences of vehicular pollution by investing in air-conditioners and air purifiers.
The tragedy of the UPA is not that it didn't do anything, but that it is not able to take credit for what it has done. By staying silent when it should have been shouting from the rooftop and by protecting the guilty, it surrendered the governance agenda to AAP.
Having a daughter has reawakened my sense of feminism. I want to protect her.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote.
