Bread, Circuses, and a Distracted Nation: How Free Food and Cricket Keep India from Demanding Real Change
The ancient Romans coined the phrase “panem et circenses”—“bread and circuses”—to describe how political leaders maintained public approval through basic food distribution and grand spectacles, distracting citizens from real societal issues. Today, in India, a similar phenomenon is unfolding. Governments across political spectrums are using free food schemes (bread) and...