At 9:45 PM -0600 2/9/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da
Ah! and inspite of all this, India still seems to be recognized the world over as a democracy (and that too for over 50 years).
*** It is the QUALITY that matters, Ram; the quality!
>But seriously the blog does bring out some of the big
problems --
*** As if we did not know of them!
But the more telling story here was the CLUELESS nature of
most of the posters and the defensive attitude displayed. And these
are India's most privileged, along with their NRI counterparts.
One can only assume that except for these nay-sayers, the rest of the world must have been fooled by these crafty Indians! - :) - :)
But seriously the blog does bring out some of the big problems that the Indian democracy faces and a lot of this from within itself and by the powerful who could actually make the difference.
Unfortunately, a democratic system is by definition vulnerable by such problems,
*** But if nothing is done about them, then it is of no use
for anyone.
and only time, and a poplace that is willing to put a check on erring politicians and bureaucrats can make India a strong democracy.
--Ram
On 2/9/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://o3.indiatimes.com/devi_gowda_and_infosys/archive/2006/02/03/4 49137.aspx#Comments
# re: India is an Elected Dictatorship
Unless ruling (running so called government) in India becomes "lethal"
we will have the following system:-
A "2-and-half-day" democracy. The day of voting is one and the oath-taking
is half-a-day and the last day (somehow reluctantly they do relinquish seats
temporarily). The rest of the days in 5-years it is,
"socio-communistic-feudo-dictatorial-if.then.else.possible.
.democratic-anarchic-authoritarian-quarter.mafiosi-autocracy "
Socio - Spending is socialistic to avoid accounting. No money
is spent on tangible performance oriented projects
Communistic - Do-it-or-else is practised in subtlety. Taxes
collected at vaious levels are pooled at center
and re-distributed to special pant-pockets.
Feudo - By and large society is feudal with chunks of India
still ingrained feudalism
Dictatorial - Controls are built-in. No proof is needed. Proof is
so called liberalization. Otherwise, we would have
taken up 'compulsory education' in the first five
year plan. To maintain dictatorship one needs
huge uneducated class.
Democracy - Huge hog-wash for ourselves and costliest show
-to-world marketing gimmick with the mockery of
maintaing poverty.
Anarchic - The trend set by one family at the helm is being
mimicked at state level like that of Gowda's family
Authoritarian - Hoard political money in temples and threaten
anyone an everyone. South openly practices
this.
Mafiosi - Govt. mortalizes gangsters first and goes after them
when its (govt.) foot is in the mouth! Local gansterism
is encouraged at municipal levels.
Autocracy - Because the government goes "automatic gear"
with no brake or clutch. Once elected, then it is
a free-for-all rulers at the cost of people while
President is pure rubber stamp.
Solution is not simple. But I think, ruling has to become lethal first.
This is because, day-to-day living for people at individual levels is
becoming lethal.
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