India, Oct. 22 -- The protests by the Opposition over the farm bills, and Punjab's decision to bring in a new legislative framework, brought to mind an apocryphal story. A politician was ship-wrecked, and found himself on an island. One day, he spotted a passing ship and waved. When he met the captain, he asked, "Are you the government? If so, I am in the Opposition!" That would seem to be the parties in the Opposition today....