Sense And Solidarity

If anyone had to write a book with the word jholawala in the title, that would have to be Jean Dreze, because whatever you might think of his views, he is the uber-jholawala, or to paraphrase ustadon ke ustad, the jholawalon ka jholawala.

Exclusive excerpt from Jean Dreze's book Sense And Solidarity

If French women's groups had a sense of their own history, they would be buying burkinis and wearing them on every beach in France to defy the irrational ban. Here in India, the Embassy of France should be made aware that women in India have a sense of strong solidarity with that burkini-clad woman in Nice.

"Keep Going Germany" and "Europe strives for solidarity" are some of the headlines of newspapers, conveying a sense that Germany is playing a special role in the refugee crisis being faced by Europe. Locals in Munich have been coming out in large numbers to greet hundreds of refugees arriving in trains from Hungary and Austria everyday.

Growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House.

If anyone had to write a book with the word jholawala in the title, that would have to be Jean Dreze, because whatever you might think of his views, he is the uber-jholawala, or to paraphrase ustadon ke ustad, the jholawalon ka jholawala.

Exclusive excerpt from Jean Dreze's book Sense And Solidarity

If French women's groups had a sense of their own history, they would be buying burkinis and wearing them on every beach in France to defy the irrational ban. Here in India, the Embassy of France should be made aware that women in India have a sense of strong solidarity with that burkini-clad woman in Nice.

"Keep Going Germany" and "Europe strives for solidarity" are some of the headlines of newspapers, conveying a sense that Germany is playing a special role in the refugee crisis being faced by Europe. Locals in Munich have been coming out in large numbers to greet hundreds of refugees arriving in trains from Hungary and Austria everyday.

Growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House.