Congress leader Rahul Gandhi donned the role of Potharaju symbolically whipping himself during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana's Sangareddy district on Thursday.Participating in Bonalu, a traditional festival of Telangana, along with party MLA .
Hyderabad: A video of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is going viral in which he can be seen recreating the avatar of ‘potharaju’. On the 9th day of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana, the Congress leader briefly turned ‘potharaju’ and symbolically whipped himself. During Telangana’s Bonalu festival, some people don the role of potharaju and lead the procession while
The Action of Dissident Factions Can t Be Used to Discredit an Otherwise Peaceful Protest
It would be a folly for the government to weaponise the actions of dissidents in an attempt to weaken the influence of the movement.
Farmers listen to their leaders speech during their ongoing protest at Tikri border, a day after the farmers tractor rally, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Photo: PTI/ Kamal Kishore
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It is perhaps in the nature of the media that the breakdown of normality attracts more attention that regular events.
Natural disasters, social breakdowns, political coups, mass violence and pandemic deaths are ânewsierâ events than slow-moving social changes or scientific advances â even if they are of enormous long-term significance. This is how the different faces of the farmersâ protest march in Delhi on January 26 were captured on TV screens the world over.