Very well said Santanu. c-da
On Apr 22, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Roy, Santanu wrote: > Nice piece. It is always so easy to view the problem of corruption & related > ills as one of personal morality; that it happens because the people who have > discretionary power, particularly politicians, are fundamentally "bad" > people. If they are replaced by "good" people, the outcome will be > fundamentally different. It is this view that gets the urban middle class so > excited about the Hazare-like premises. > > I have tried to understand why this seems to be a collective social view, > though individually almost all of us have the basic intelligence to > understand the time immemorial adage that "one who goes to Lanka, shall > become a Ravan". Quite apart from the fact that reforming Lanka is nowhere as > entertaining or appealing as burning Ravan, it reflects a fundamental desire > in us to differentiate ourselves - "they " are the bad guys so they bring > misery, "I" am good, if "I" were there, "I" would perform differently; "I" or > someone like "I" can do it. By saying this, "I" exult my moral superiority. > It is so easy to sell this creed to "I". "You?", well I am not so sure about > "you" :-). > > Santanu. > ________________________________________ > From: assam-boun...@assamnet.org [assam-boun...@assamnet.org] on behalf of > Altaf Mazid [altafma...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 8:31 AM > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > Subject: [Assam] The Rorschach Effect in Indian Politics > > The Rorschach Effect in Indian Politics > > By Amit Varma > > http://in.news.yahoo.com/blogs/opinions/rorschach-effect-indian-politics-053923332.html > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
