D Deka said on AssamNet:
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+ In the short term this trend is good. It shows that the common man is becoming
+aware of his rights and of the power each vote carries in a democracy.
you might want to remember that it still is a vote bank. there is
no "each" in the vote bank. like a school of fish, the voters
follow a common trajectory.
+ However in the long run the same voters will have to learn how to vote for the best
+candidate even if the candidate does not belong to the majority community. Without a
+gradual change to this awareness, democracy and government in India will not attain
+adulthood.
this seems a pipe-dream still.
+ Am I sounding like Kuldip Nayar? :) Mind you, I have not touched on secularism.
fret not, dilip-da. kuldip nayar is the prophet of doom. you are
the harbinger of the good and the beautiful.
--
saurav
