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[...] 12, 2009 at 5:21 pm (Green Development, Greening India) Atanu Dey on India’s Development » Blog Archive » An Urban Voter’s Manifesto As an urban Indian, I will vote for a party that promotes the values that matter to my country, my [...]

By: pankaj

pankaj — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:14:25 +0000

“jaise praja vaisa raja” , i have nothing more to say.

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By: prateeksha

prateeksha — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:00:28 +0000

Indian Idol – though a terribly drab show – is kind of an analogy for India itself. Given the power of choice and vote people, they do not necessarily choose the best singer. And, there are so many talented singers who don’t take part in it at all. That makes one think, are people really capable of deciding and choosing what’s best, when given the power.

By: baawara

baawara — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:21:57 +0000

@ Baransam
Atanu cannot vote in our elections… cause he is a US citizen.

only Indian citizens have the privileged of choosing the bums who get to sit in the circular building

I hope Atanu’s conscience will stop him from going to a booth and casting an illegal vote (easy question – take a guess on who he could have voted for if he were an Indian citizen)

Cheers

By: vishu

vishu — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:02:29 +0000

Sudipta – Like Drupadi our people want every thing.
The question is what set of activities government should do or not do so that bulk of people needs are satisfied.
I think we even do not need Antanu’s all the 4 points as manifesto.
If people get economic freedom everything else will follow.
One will get good governance,security and education if I have economic freedom.

I do not what Drupadi said but she should have said that I want my husband who can do few things right in life rather than doing everything perfect in life.

Vishal

By: sudipta

sudipta — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:12:12 +0000

Atanu,

You do know what happened to Draupadi, right, when she asked for all those qualities in her husband?

I guess I will also have to echo Bansaram’s questions above: theoretically yes we want all that. In practice, what is the solution?

- Sudipta

By: vishu

vishu — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:54:20 +0000

That is right on spot Antanu.
This is what we all want.
short and sweet.

Vishal

By: soumen.chakrabarti

soumen.chakrabarti — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:48:23 +0000

“Open letter to the political parties”? — Let us know if anyone from that sphere responds to you as a result of your posting, ok?

By: debashish

debashish — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:06:09 +0000

Nice! I would add to that:
I need protection of life and property from Government from hooliganist political parties who would beat-up students, taxi-drivers and women in front of TV crews to show off their political potency. If they want to prove their point or oppose the government in power I don’t mind if they go beat the cabinet ministers. If they damage public property or hurt people ban them from contesting elections and take strict legal action against the goons because that’s what they really are.

By: baransam

baransam — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:56:31 +0000

1. If none of the parties satisfy all the criteria, will you abstain from voting?

2. Or will you vote for a party which meets maximum of your above mentioned criteria (not necessarily all)? Do you consider all the bullets in your ‘checklist’ of equal weightage?

I believe in the second option. I hope you do the same. If, by chance, you go for bullet-1, I would request you for a detailed rationale for the same.