The New Agitations

The New Agitations Romesh Thapar THE scene around Nasik has its amusing dimensions. The spectacle of various opposition stalwarts trying to steal the limelight from the peasant organiser, Sharad Joshi, is a pointer to the sickness of our parties, They are so obsessed with political manipulation at 'leadership' level that they have forgotten the temper of a people in struggle, Small wonder, then, that they were surprised by the peasants of the Nasik region who made clear that they have only one leader