The person who took the interview is on idiot, and the rascal who wrote those books is complet fool, the way he answers is he feels it is is inferior to be Indian, and he is brushing that no good can happen from India story .
Shame on rediff for rediff for interview this moran author.
In this election where ther euphoria bubble that voters will gate crash to vote has loudly burst. People say get lost to politicians. So there is a simmering protest which may turn out into something in the years to come. People have lost confidence in ballot in a democracy. Next will be anarchy and regional politics. When 26%, 34%, 44% 56% 78% (in rare cases )have voted and there are large number of candidates in a constituency the vote gets split. In this split, some groups will vote en bloc like Khattar BJP,Khattar communists, Khattar BSP will vote for their parties at any cost. Similarly voters have started voting depending on religion and caste. The two national parties are responsible for the mess called "India". The regional parties talk of rice at Rs.2/-, reservation, projects etc. and if this is not done there will be chaos. Mr. Arun Shourie in his article has clearly mentioned that this is not general election but a local election. The two national parties are staging candidates against their so called allies at the centre and then they say 'face election' if you do not want to compromise. Small parties are shivering the moment the national parties say 'face election' because they have no money. But the country as a united nation is slowly eroding and the regional parties will be in focus in decade or so and then one will see what is going to happen. Each state will have north, south, west and east parties and this will be supported by outsiders in course of time.
"He is a scholar of political sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi" i stopped reading after that, JNU faculty have only a few things to say and they keep parroting it to keep jobs.
I am sure he is one of those arm chair philosophers, much like our BRT corridor architects, he does not know what he istalking about and is trying to hide a plain truth behind tomes.
Re: Is this guy crazy
by Mayuresh Tamhane on May 05, 2009 07:23 PM
wht plain truth? tht most of our population doesnt even have money to buy plain simple cothing, have to live in shabby houses or slums? tht in evey budget we have to spend money on same things as earlier? repair the same roads, do the same infra work again and again? wht plain truth? hes pointed out to people like u tht u are very good at denial. When are u going to wake up?
Re: Mayawati's victory has ben incorrectly explained in terms of
by Mayuresh Tamhane on May 05, 2009 07:20 PM
go to other countries. u will see people go to govt hospitals because they are cheaper and better than pvt ones. thats wht hes saying, our basic infra is pathetic and then how can u say we are developing
Re: Mayawati's victory has ben incorrectly explained in terms of
by Guest on May 05, 2009 06:53 PM
The point is that government should be providing basic healthcare to all its citizens free or at affordable cost. Like the givernments in uk, Canda, Cuba , and all over europe do.
