A nation's need for soul searching

Sushmita S Preetha
Sushmita S Preetha
5 October 2024, 17:58 PM
UPDATED 24 November 2024, 16:23 PM

We have done the unthinkable—bring down a dictator—only to realise that the fascism within the body politic—and within ourselves—is much harder to dislodge than a once-invincible regime. If we are to do better as a nation than we have in the past, we must do the hard work of looking inwards and collectively figuring out the root causes of our dispossession and deprivation.