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In Chhattisgarh, private dealers were allowed to get licences for PDS shops from 2001 onwards (before that, PDS shops were run by the state co-operatives network). This measure allowed the network of ration shops to widen, but also created a new nexus of corrupt players whereby dealers paid politicians to get licences as well as protection when they indulged in corrupt practices. In 2004, the government reversed this order (despite fierce opposition from the dealers) and put gram panchayats, self-help groups, van suraksha samitis (forest protection committees), and other community institutions in charge of the ration shops. Aside from bringing ration shops closer to people’s homes, this helped impart some accountability in the PDS.
Sense and Solidarity
Jean Drèze
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
—bell hooks
Tweets From Rasha Abdulhadi
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If you have one of those minds that jumps off the line and distracts, and/or you are suffering, remember, Poetry Is (in fact) Not a Luxury. Keep your calm but drop those bombs on the page. A new affirmation on the wall: __the role of the artist is to bring something to light. Literal carnage countering hegemony.__
The Craft of Writing: Priya Guns
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