Populism and Reform - Why one trumps the other?
People, in general, are uncomfortable with sudden changes. An established habit is hard to overcome. We sometimes get used to the comfort zone so much that it makes us revolt against the agents of change. No marks for guessing the author's garrulousness about change is about ongoing farmers' protest on recently enacted farm bills. Please stay on then because the author does not intend to bore the reader by explaining what APMC is or why MSP must be withdrawn gradually by the government. These are already well explained in detail by countless articles, since the enaction of farm bills. The discussion here is about the disjunct between progress and reforms. Who does not like to see our country developed? With one of the youngest populations in the world, we seem impatient for change. We want to see poverty eradicated and our population educated. We aspire for a $5 trillion economy and expect our farmers' income to double. Why is it that when there are reforms, protests erup...