Beyond political reshuffles, renew education in India

When Parliament assembles next week, there will be debates, disruptions and legislation. Television studios will reduce complex issues to political arithmetic, and headlines will declare winners and losers. Yet, I cannot help asking whether the true measure of Parliament is not by the number of Bills it passes, but by the questions it chooses to confront and resolve. For the past several days, one such question has been waiting outside its doors. My husband, Sonam Wangchuk, scientist, engineer, educator and social reformer , has been on an indefinite fast . Every morning I watch with growing anxiety as his body weakens . His body is paying the price for a conviction that education deserves the nation’s urgent attention. Every day begins with the same silent question: how much longer can his body endure?