Exodus of confidence
― | by Bijo Francis ∙ Cartoon by Satish Acharya ∙ ( August 21, 2012, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) Over the past week, thousands of people hurriedly returned to their homes in the northeastern states, fearing for their safety in the rest of the country. The numbers of those fleeing was so high that Indian Railways had to run special trains to meet the sudden upsurge in passenger traffic. To a certain degree, the mass departure continues even today. That the numbers fleeing has gone [...].
