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Before he undermines his office, Himanta Biswa Sarma should read this Premchand short story
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The short story by Premchand was (and perhaps still is) a part of middle school Hindi textbooks.
The story conveys a simple yet powerful message for teenagers who will soon become citizens and perhaps leaders.
Even less morally demanding, and many would say less naive, political analysis by and for grown-ups carries a similar hope.
Second, Sarma has openly erased the distinction between an elected, constitutional post and what he sees as his party’s ideological-political task.
The hope might be that the next generation of leaders remembers a story by Premchand they read in middle school.