The Malaise of Short-Sighted, Populist Politics
The editorial "Sort out the overlaps" (ST October 28, 2025) is a sharp and timely editorial that resonates with many of the governance entanglements.
It exposes Meghalaya's governance architecture as a fragmented mosaic where District Councils, Municipal Boards, Dorbar Shnong and Syiemship jostle for control.
But beneath the surface, it is not just about administrative overlaps – it's about fiscal flows because money is what money does, symbolic capital and institutional legitimacy.
Infrastructure is a proxy for power where road-building emerges as a metaphor for deeper contestations.
The editorial rightly points out that infrastructure is no longer just about connectivity. It is about who controls the purse strings.
Author's summary: Short-sighted politics affects governance.
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