%A Jagdish Rattanani
%T Tales of the chowkidar
%! Tales of the chowkidar
%X The chowkidar is, quite unfortunately, not the most loved or respected entity in Indian society. Examples of this are everywhere. Before the 1980s, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) worked like chowkidars and were regarded as the “watch and ward” staff with weak discipline and uncertain judicial grounding.
%U https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/politics/tales-chowkidar-1364