Best of BS Opinion: Runaway trains; Can chaos be steered towards success?

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A failing endeavour is like a runaway train — a roaring, unstoppable force hurtling toward disaster.

While other urban centres have sped ahead, Delhi’s mohalla clinics and schools are barely functional, and its ambitions for decentralised governance lie rusting.

But deeper down the tracks lies destruction, as shown by the Southport riots, where misinformation fuelled communal violence.

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Published On: 2025-01-11 @ 07:07:37 (11 hours ago)

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