This is with reference to your editorial (“A Law for Street Vendors”, EPW, 8 March 2014). If the efficacy of the new Street Vendors Act is to be dependent on “how” it is implemented, than like for most other laws, we cannot expect much to change.
The editorial “The Lion in Gujarat” (EPW, 18 May 2013) was most apt and expressed a common sense which is rare. It was essentially a question of Gujarati pride and had little to do with the poor Asiatic lion now squeezed into a tiny corner of the planet called “Gir”.
