Normality

The slow return, amid the bloodshed and carnage across the barbarian North, to what is called 'normality' is actually the beginning of a tempestuous and chaotic transition to new political and economic alignments. Those who believe that this was the inevitable aftermath of the passing of a strong leader should pause to listen to those who are saying that Indira Gandhi left no political or economic heritage, no system of democratic and responsible functioning, no institutions to buttress the frame of governance, and no experienced successors.