Photo Source: www.thelocal.fr By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe UpFront When Macron became the President of France, he vowed to keep the pride of its democratic traditions, intact, by bringing a new revolution.  In fact, he wanted to make French democracy, a role model, for the modern world.  His supporters loved his Eurocentrism, his balance of political charisma, and intellect, amidst difficult times in Europe. Some called him a younger version of de Gaulle, if not Napoleon. British columnists likened this ex-banker, Hollande's protégé, as ‘next Blair’, and wanted their own version of Macron, in their country. Although Macron started on a positive note, very few predicted protest-stricken streets of Paris, nineteen months after. As France’s new President, who won an election as an independent candidate, mostly because the other political opponents destroyed each other, he gave promises of a renewed and stronger welfare system, but ordinary people in France have ...

Photo Source: The News Minute By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe UpFront India is not only a country that now has the world’s tallest statue, but it is also a country of debt-ridden, anguished farmers, malnourished children, and where millions of people, still sleep in temporary shelters, on the road pavements, and can’t have ample meals for a day. A protest march called ‘ Dilli Chalo’ (Delhi March) by hundred thousand farmers, mainly an amalgam of two hundred seven organisations called All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), in November 2018, just before next Indian prime ministerial election, in 2019, reflects that Narendra Modi’s slogan ‘ Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas’ (everybody’s support and everybody’s development) hasn’t resonated well with every citizen in the country. For these dissenting farmers, hoping for a better future of their children, the protest march to New Delhi has involved a great amount of sacrifice, because people have been travell...