On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:14 AM, lukhman_khan<lukhman_k...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>I think this is way too harsh. Can you be more specific about what >>you >> Atanu Dey has the best analysis I've seen
It is an engaging piece of over-analysis. Nice as a thought experiment but political manifestos are statements of intent and not meant to be analyzed to such depth. In-depth analysis makes sense only when the implementation plans are being discussed. >> http://www.deeshaa.org/2009/03/16/bjps-it-for-all/ > > http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/images/stories/it-vision.pdf > > The more I read this, the more I realise its impossibility. > A bunch of elaborate lies, impossible to achieve. > > Just one simple example : >>Raise farm productivity, bring cost of cultivation >>down and increase kisans' income through >>revolutionary transformation of agriculture >>using IT for water conservation, soil enrichment, >>procurement, marketing and credit needs of kisans', >>waste elimination,and taking R&D from "lab to land" > > So easy to say all that (in just two lines of that vision stmt) > Doing it all is a different ball game alltogather. > > Just to implement this one thing they need unimaginable anounts of money. > > Lukhman. Anyway, this is so much water under the bridge. I can't help feeling that people's opinion of the BJP has clouded their analysis/over-analysis of the IT vision. Venky PS: Once again, I am not a BJP supporter.