Comments on: The KGB and Indian Democracy

By: desh

desh — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:22:26 +0000

please do read this with the story of the Netaji’s mystery! According to that story he is supposed to have been tortured in Siberia and was actually going to Russia when his air crash was faked.

go to missionntaji.org..

By: Amit Uttam

Amit Uttam — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:27:11 +0000

But that is the whole point of democracy. Politicans should fear being removed the next time around and work their hardest to ensure that it dosen’t happen. In fact I would call it democracy at work. Moreover I disagree with the contention that the BJP lost by a few votes, I think it was a substantial margin given the nature of that particular election. Indian governments are always run in coalition because with all the regional parties there is no way one party will ever again gain enough seats to form a government by itself. India’s only problem stems from its misguided understanding of the world. If the Indian government worked even a little bit with private industry and promoted Indian buisness as the US, Japan, SK and China does then India could easily pull ahead of any country in the world. Indian politicians just don’t really understand how to work hand in hand with industries other than IT. Even IT is having problems geting their voice heard when it comes to funding adequate infrastructure. This is after its substantial contribution to the FOREX and India’s financial stability. Indian political thought and philosophy needs revision.

By: S Jagadish

S Jagadish — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:40:51 +0000

Guess what, politicians seem to have had fun with the KGB *and* the CIA funding them!

By: Atanu Dey

Atanu Dey — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:36:06 +0000

Amit, the BJP and its allies lost the election to the Congress and its allies. But a number of facts can put paid to the notion that the BJP was chucked out because of a change of heart on the part of the voters. First the Congress got only a few seats more than the BJP. In the end, it is who the parties allied with that mattered. Second, the incumbency factor: when people are unhappy with the current state, they vote the current guy in power. The next time around, the Congress will be out on its butt.

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:27:51 +0000

How does the writer then account for the recent outster of the BJP and its replacement with the Congress party? Indians are still mostly poor and illiterate, yet these same Indians somehow knew that they didn’t really belive in the current government and its propoganda. And the congress party wasn’t even doing a good job of campaigning, in fact it was said after the election that the second most surprised person after Advani was Sonya the day the election results came out. I think that democracy is flourishing in India and that compared to most of the other countries in Asia it is far ahead.

By: Jyoti Iyer

Jyoti Iyer — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:02:55 +0000

Hi Atanu,

I think we overestimate the role of democracy,with its limited scope; it does have its ironies and contradictions. I’m currently reading, “The Irony of Democracy” by Dye and Zeigler and it is interesting how the term can be misinterpreted or twisted to suit different situations by the ruling elite to lull people into complacency.

Cheers

Jyoti

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:42:05 +0000

There are two things that can be deduced from this:
1) The Gandhi family is a threat to this nation- sad that they have managed to maintain a stranglehold over the people’s minds. Some day, the “magic” would fail to enthuse, until unless there are enough morons to vote them in power.

2)The leftists and marxist combine that has throttled this nation. If KGB were able to “plant” the stories, blame it on the media mindset; the true freedom of press is only relegated to the textbooks and “gandhian idealism”.

The ideological leftists are happy to prostate themselves in front of Marx and the Chinese; endangering the nation.

There is nothing worse than being a Hindu in a Hindu majority nation. Alas, we have been relegated to second rate citizens.