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Man of the moment

As Gujarat went to the polls and the political discourse sank even lower, Rahul Gandhi's voice brought back a semblance of decency

Rahul Gandhi, Gujpoll
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Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Shutterstock

Veenu Sandhu
It was with a sense of dismay, and sometimes alarm, that many of us went through 2017 — the year of hate; of hyper-nationalism; of lynchings over cows, religion and “love jihad”.
 
Time and again, I have come to a point when I have wished there was a Ctrl-Alt-Delete command that would restart the year on a better note. Then again, through the hate and cacophony have come flashes of hope, often from our courts, which made privacy a fundamental right or upheld women’s right to dignity in marriage by striking down the practice of triple talaq.

And, just as