Macaulay and Nehru.

"The 18th BRICS Summit was held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, from 12-13 September 2026 under India's 2026 chairship." wikipedia. As camouflage, "The city has been decked out in signs. Buildings are illuminated. And normal life has come to a near standstill." "The shanties around Munirka, near Vasant Vihar in South Delhi - otherwise known as Embassy land - are all covered up." The Wire. "Indian politicians, outside Kerala perhaps, have never been terrified of the third-rate condition of government schools in their constituencies. Nor have they been terrified by the state of government hospitals, trains, or anything voters use." "Also, where there is some intent, the school conveys India's pathological problem - it treats the poor as poor, and as a problem that must be solved in the cheapest way possible," wrote Manu Joseph. What can be cheaper than putting up screens to hide the wretched slums? When Times of India reporters visited schools ion various states they found classes being held in tin sheds, under a tree or all classes crammed into one room because a local villager was housing his buffaloes in other rooms. TOI. On 6 September, a five-floor building at Satya Niketan, Delhi, undergoing illegal extensions, collapsed, killing seven people. In June, another five-floor building at Huaz Rani collapsed killing 21 people. On 30 May, a four-floor building collapsed killing six people. TNIE. "On the way to the hill town of Ranikhet", an old steel bridge across a river has a plate which "notes the name of the engineer, and the address of the foundry in Liverpool where it was fabricated in 1927." It still carries heavy traffic, while in Bihar, "26 modern concrete bridges have collapsed over the last five years." In Dehradun, the approach road to a Rs 160-million bridge collapsed just 17 days after it opened," wrote Gautam Bhatia. 'In the past year, many urban projects have raised a common question: how do designs that look obviously problematic manage to get approved and end up cast in concrete? HT. The government has forced blending of fuel with ethanol to reduce the import of crude oil. "Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme has emerged as a key pillar of India's energy transition. and biofuel strategy." And, "ethanol blending has increased from less than 1.5% in 2013-14 to 20% in 2025-26." pib.gov.in. "But, substituting petrol with ethanol won't make sense if the ethanol itself is imported." In 2019, the government restricted the import of ethanol. "Regardless, India remained a net ethanol importer through 2025, and almost all the imported ethanol was American." "Domestic consumption of industrial ethanol had halved during 2022-24, as distillers preferred selling to oil marketing companies that offered them assured offtake at high administered prices." As a result, "At one point, India was importing over 50% of ethanol used by pharma and chemical industries," wrote Arindam Goswami. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been attacking India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (HT) at every opportunity. So what were Mr Nehru's contributions? After hundreds of years of slavery, India got a Constitution, every man and woman got the right to vote, five Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), three Institutes of Management, Indian Institute of Science, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Indian Space Research Organisation, to name a few, wrote Karan Thapar. Mr Modi also dislikes Thomas Babbington Macaulay, whose law on sedition against the British monarch is still being used  (SCO), and said that the use of English language is "mental slavery" to a conspiracy by Macaulay (DD News). But, Macaulay "sought equal justice and education for all Indians regardless of caste or religion." Dalits celebrate his birthday and call him "Mahatma Macaulay", wrote Swaminathan Aiyar. On 10 June 2026, Mr Modi apparently became the longest serving prime minister. (pib.gov.in). Macaulay gave us English and equality, Mr Nehru gave us the Constitution and institutions which still stand. Mr Modi has given us large screens to hide poverty and collapsing infrastructure. Hence the abuse.