by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
It is a rebellion without a clarity of cause. And that makes it even more curious, as it is not a rebellion of the aam aadmi. On the contrary, it is revolt by the "Rich Like Us", and by "us" I mean "they", as it is indeed the title of Nayantara Sahgal's novel that won her the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1986. The 88-year-old niece of Jawaharlal Nehru attracted her cousin Indira Gandhi's ire for being critical of the 1975 Emergency. And now, after returning the Akademi award, she has done a time walk, saying that the Modi government is waiting for the numbers in the Rajya Sabha to "alter the Constitution", as Indira did after her "massive mandate".
