Amid concerns over extreme heatwave conditions in several parts of India, state governments have shut schools while some have changed timings after temperature went up more than 40 degree Celsius.
The task that Rahul Gandhi and his colleagues seem to have set themselves is to ensure that the party does not slide into the moribund state in parts of the country where it remains relevant.
The recent passing away of N.J. Anonty, a yesteryear Kerala socialist leader who played a crucial in organising the former PM's padayatra in 1983 to reinvent himself politically, also sheds light on the power of mass mobilisation.