Comments on: India needs a New Set of Rules, not Rulers

By: A response to the racist Aakar Patel | Vijayendra Mohanty — Storyteller

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:39:55 +0000

[...] I can only hope that Patel realises that he is, like a beggar, being thankful for leftovers. An old post from Atanu Dey’s blog comes to mind. The British did not manage India. They colonized India and did what it took to [...]

By: What the British empire did to Kolkata | Vijayendra Mohanty — Storyteller

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:31:09 +0000

[...] an excerpt from Atanu Dey’s blog post titled ‘India needs a New Set of Rules, not Rulers’. The British did not manage India. They colonized India and did what it took to extract and exploit [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:58:52 +0000

Atanu Dey on the Bristish rule of India…

Atanu Dey on the Bristish rule of India (source: http://www.deeshaa.org/2010/01/11/india-needs-a-new-set-of-rules-not-rulers/) > “The British did not manage India. They colonized India and did what it took to extract and exploit India’s resources. Col…

By: Atanu Dey

Atanu Dey — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:58:33 +0000

Manu,

The man is an ignorant retard. You are trying to discredit all Indians by pointing to this man’s talk. Shame on you. You should at least point to the real idiocy that Indians are capable of, not this man. This man is a joker. The crap that jokers spew should not be held against Indians.

By: Manu

Manu — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:08:31 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFy4RP_9-HA

By: Manu

Manu — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:08 +0000

I think boss you have like many other Indian have some big misunderstanding about India and British people. There is nothing wrong in us because our education system has teach us that way. If you really want to know what India is and what can be done to improve current condition of India. please listen to the Bharat Swabhiman lecture of Rajiv Dixt and then decide your self..that do you need to be part of the Bharat swabhiman movement or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_XMDwU2LU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROuwU8oQys

By: Sandeep Chillakuri

Sandeep Chillakuri — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:13:12 +0000

Where will the new set of rules come from if not from a new set of rulers?

By: munagapraveen

munagapraveen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:48:26 +0000

I can’t say whether British had done good or bad to India, but if Hinduism (or Hindu religion) is still existed it is because of British. Before they came the Muslim emporers converted many Hindus.. (by trivial exorbitant taxes or some other way)., The Islam rulers ruined/damaged/demolished magnificent Indian Cities (humpi) & mutilated Hindu gods in famous temples (idol in sriranganpatnam is preserved in tirumala for some time due to muslim invasion).. Due the arrival Britishes (or dutches whoever they may be) and the decline of this muslim rule the hindu religion had survived upto now.. (For you info I didn’t have much chauvinistic obsession towards hindu religion).. See the fate of Afghanistan or Pakistan which are under muslim rulers.. The christians also started conversion but it is not as heavy as it is at now in their times.. I am not saying they had helped hindu religion but muslim ruling domination had been reduced with their arrival thereby giving life for Hindu religion

By: Sundar

Sundar — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:41:23 +0000

Atanu,

I am not sure if changing the set of rules alone is sufficient. I would give more importance to the ruler. If we have a great ruler, he will make meaningful rules.

Need of the hour is a tall leader. Present leadership will not even think about changing any rule.

Why is US declining despite having great rules: in my opinion it is due to lack of visionary presidents in the past few decades.

PS: Could you pl. write your analysis on the state of retail food price raise in India by starting from agriculture, middlemen in the food supply chain, agriculture subsidies (free power, fertiliser) prices, role of Minister & Derivatives in price rigging.

By: Tweets that mention Atanu Dey on India’s Development » Blog Archive » India needs a New Set of Rules, not Rulers -- Topsy.com

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:00:05 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by varunm, Rishi Yadati, Center Right, doubtinggaurav, vikasargod and others. vikasargod said: What matters is not who the rulers are but what the rules are, @atanudey in his blog : http://is.gd/66fGk [...]

By: svellanki

svellanki — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:24:56 +0000

I have been a follower of your blog for long. I have to agree that our system is screwed up in many ways. Instead of just pointing out the mistakes, can you make a list of what changes need to be bought in to free up our economy? Could you point me if you already have it?

Wisdom like yours should not just be left to lament, rather make people to think positively