Public discourse has degraded, become
shriller, more toxic and dangerous.
Just as the rhetoric from Pakistan appears to have become a little more mature, the hysterical warmongering in India seems to have become
shriller. One reason for the relatively peaceful sounds emanating from Pakistan is the realisation that the economy cannot sustain hostilities with our much bigger neighbour for long.
If the situation became dangerous, the alarm wouldn't become
shriller, only faster and louder.
The silence on the significance of Eastern Europe for the field's transformation in the post--Cold War context is even
shriller in the introduction Pease coauthored with Robyn Wiegman for the second foundational anthology of transnational American studies.
Then, there is the polarising demand for the construction of a temple to the Hindu mythological hero, Ram, where a Muslim mosque had been destroyed by Hindu fanatics, which has lately become
shriller, even though the Indian Supreme Court is still deliberating on the matter.
This outcome is doubtful, however, as the battle between hardliners and soft Brexiteers in the cabinet has only grown
shriller in the past several weeks.
Considering that Trumpism, too, is consolidating itself on white working and middle class grievances, the divisions in American society may become
shriller. Once they rise to a crescendo, the clashing of Cymbals will be deafening even though the talk of a civil war is rank exaggeration.
Expect the hired protestors to become even
shriller in the coming days.
With the election dates inching closer, the political slugfest between the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting
shriller by the day.
Even as the Chinese state media turned
shriller on India and accused foreign minister Sushma Swaraj of lying to Parliament on the Doklam impasse, India and China are working together at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to get developed countries such as the US and the European Union members to reduce subsidies for farm products that are detrimental to exports from developing and poor countries.
Among fundamentalist Muslim groups in general, calls for restoring the Caliphate have grown
shriller over time.
The forum spokesman in a statement issued in Held Srinagar said, 'The ongoing mass uprising has entered third month with peoples' demand for right to self-determination getting
shriller by the day as children, youth and elderly people, men and women, all are hitting the streets to attract the attention of the international community and demanding resolution of the Kashmir dispute,' reported.
