Human Writes: A look at political greats Gandhi, Tolstoy, Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. about to address a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, 'I Have a Dream' speech during the Aug 28, 1963, march on Washington DC. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The flags and banners are already up, the mudslinging and backbiting have begun and politicians are metaphorically rolling up their sleeves to arm-wrestle rivals. A new “fake news” law carries possible prison sentences of six years and a redelineation exercise puts a new spin on things.

All this even before Parliament was dissolved yesterday to make way for the country’s next general election!