You write:

At the heart of the blog post you are blaming Congress party for all the economic failures and then inferring that likes of Rahul Gandhi because of his lineage would still get elected because of “Idiots in Indian Villages”

Umm, no. If you care to read the post carefully, the operative phrase is “the village idiot” — and in the context of a large number of villages, the plural form is “village idiots.” The term is used as a put down such as “hey, you, some village is missing its idiot.”

The rest of your comment is perhaps interesting if I had claimed that people of rural India (many of whom live in villages) are idiots. But as I have made no such claim, I fail to fully appreciate your comment.

Kind regards,
Atanu

At the heart of the blog post you are blaming Congress party for all the economic failures and then inferring that likes of Rahul Gandhi because of his lineage would still get elected because of “Idiots in Indian Villages”

Usage of “Village idiots” shouwcases your un willingness to undestand the Rurual India’s social, economic and ideological mind set.

I agree with you and I am sure the entire country agrees that Congress party is responsible for the non progress of the Indian economy. What every commentator by and large have failed is to understand that the real India is still by and large the rural India. There is always a comparison to China, USA and rest of Europe for economic progress, but there is no comparassion on the scale and diuversity of the problems independent india faced.

Without getting into specifics on vast range of economic policies, by just getting into the bare basics of understanding the problems Independent india faced ,, in my view it is not as bad as it is made out by wester thinkers after 60 odd yrs of independence.

Teh Village idiots, who were blind with loyalty, had to think where theire rotis would come next day and other social practices which no one talks about… have come a long way this 60 odd yrs in terms of their understanding on their rights and also to be pragmatic. I would rather say village idiots have been more pragmatic and optimistic than any other indian and have largely contributed to whatever positives we are seeing in Indian Polity.

Thus when we equate Congress party for all wrong things, also do give credit to Congress for what ever small good things have happend in the last 60 odd yrs of independent india.

Comming to the issue of Rahul Gandhi, he in my view is on a discovery of India, which every indian should do who aspires to contribute to the society before taking policy stands and criticising Rahul gandhi or for that matter any politician.

One can only make effecrtive decisions when the individual concerned has and un biased understanding of the real issues affecting India.

Would anyone blame those who taught management anf risk modelling aspectgs to Lehmann Brothers … the investment bank whcih as the grapeview suggests has 18layers of risk modelling and due to which the CEO failied to make the right moves and did not see the eventaul dooms day?
Are you saying the management came from B schools who did not impart the right methodology? No In the same context dont blame either Congress, Rahul Gandhi, Village Idiots …rather look at the optimistic side of the last 60yrs, but hold the governments of the day be accountable for their actions.

I am not sayign asking difficutl questions is wrong, but making up opinions without understanding the real soci, economic and ideological issues one should not be ruthless in their judgements.