In his article lies one if the most important factors in the development of india. When in college we were taught in economics that humans have levels of needs. The first of them were the basic needs, it was after the satisfaction of these basic needs that people start to require the satisfaction of thier secondary needs. India still has a large portion of its populace below the poverty line and as this article says they are more inclined to the mai baap attitude towards the govt and will take whatever they get. This section of society is happy to live on handouts from the govt and does not really think that they are being cheated of anything when promises are not properly fulfilled. It is these sections of society that are gullible to all fake promises of the politicians. The problems are compounded by the fact that the better off populace rarely vote making it easier for politicians to concentrate on the voting poor. To make the politicians more accountable it is necessary that the better off populace of the country visit booths on poll day. This is necessary not only for the central & state election but also for the local municipal & panchayat polls. Also required is to raise the quality of life of the poor. Once the basic needs are met people start thinking about the comforts of life and make demands of thier governments. It leads to a better populace and a better goverment. This is not easy but is necessary for the growth of India as a country.
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by oneindianamongbillion on Jan 06, 2008 05:09 AM Permalink
Not only polling the votes, we need to have performace check up for each and every politician. That needs to be done either by each collector or governor to make sure that what ever they need to do, done. if not in the middle of their they can be disqulified. we need to take very serious of our politicians. If you see any companies, they have a review of performance in all levels. It needs to be followed. Unless other wise we maintain proper rules and law we can not become superpower. at lease our next generation should see rich and best India.
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by rajanikanth nayak on Jan 06, 2008 11:17 AM Permalink
Just a point oneinabillion politicians are elected by the people so it necessary that performance be checked by the people and not by the bueureaucrats(excuse the spelling). I really cannot think of a cost and logistically effective way do doing this. Maybe one of you can come up with an idea. Rangoli your ideas are fine but i am sorry to say they seem too complicated. I agree with you that we need to become better citizens. But each of us is just one in many. It is more necessary to make other people demand more out of life. Once there is a collective change in thinking. There will be a change in mindsets.
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by Confused Mind on Jan 06, 2008 11:38 PM Permalink
What really matters is whatever part of the world you are in, whether you are able to reach your full potential in life, by excelling in some work or profession and striving for inner fulfillment and maintain good mental and physical health. When majority of people will do that, many miseries will disappear. Religion is One. It is the development of the Human Mind, Body, Values, Spirit & Creativity. That is why all truly secular countries excel in their profession and life and people like to assimilate and stay there like in Western countries. They have the same laws, values and principles of life, gender equality, educational excellence, research, sports, films, music and all are secular. Organized religion is organized madness. Poverty can never be eliminated. Peace and prosperity are dynamic things. They need to be maintained by keeping majority of people passionate and purposeful in their life by education, research, discipline, sports, economics, resources, priorities to make life better. Slackness and status-quo always leads to terrorism, corruption and violence. Talking about religion too much is living in hallucination and a virtual world. Mediocrity and violence soon follow. Know Thy Self is the way to go. And thus unifying the best of human values, one-law, gender and human equality & thus unity of minds for purposeful lives.
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by rangoli sen on Jan 06, 2008 06:13 AM Permalink
One has to fight stagnation, and push to keep evolving to challenge oneself and move to reach higher peaks in various dimensions and directions, skills and knowledge, capacity and capabilities to be effective and efficient. People should stop talking too much about fraud and time-wasting ideas about religion and its imaginary divisions, false ego and self-righteousness, and pursue these peaks in life through education, economics, employment, science, art, writing, communication, sports, medicine, technology, environment to maintain better & stronger - mental and physical health, interdependent ideas & unity of minds and human values to be positive, energetic & aggressive. Let's use our common-sense of human existence to face realities of LIFE -- food, water, shelter, energy, transportation, sports, medicine, earthquakes, floods using science, technology, art, music, communication, one-law with the best values and gender equality, uniform civil code again. Man is the maker of his own destiny. The Government is made up of people like us. Not the other way around. Let's strive to become useful global citizens first. But as Voltaire had said... "but common sense is not as common...."!!! May we try to discover our common good for safety, security & sensible unification of passion, purpose and peace in minds & values.
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by on Jan 06, 2008 03:38 PM Permalink
The better off people don't vote, because they also get their favours from the government in aiding their corruption.
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by deepak on Jan 06, 2008 05:08 AM Permalink
No I am a Punjabi... I didn't put it out keeping election in mind... it is a day's news showing hypocrisy....
The first step in solving a problem is accepting we have a problem. As more and more people realise that government is there to serve us and give us services for the taxes we pay the more we will become active in demanding our rights.
Almost all the columnist talk about Chandrababu getting defeated. But they forget he got 2 consecutive terms. That means his work was indeed appreciated. rather he didn't do other infra-structural work like power,roads etc in his second term. And he got defeated. he raised the expectation of people and then didn't meet them and lost it. Defeat of Chandrababu as projected by media seems like indians are idiots and they can't figure out who is good and who's not. thats unfair. he didn't improve power situation,water,roads etc even after two terms. Whatever he did he got second terms for that and that is his reward.
RE:Myth of Chandrababu
by oneindianamongbillion on Jan 06, 2008 05:12 AM Permalink
that is true. I agree with you. he has done delivered at his full potential in his next term. first term, he has taken lot of programs but next term, he didnt.
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by Yours satya on Jan 06, 2008 10:43 AM Permalink
But now Congress demolished all those roads and diverted all the funds towords the dhanayagnam(they call that as jalayagnam, ofcourse). Please don't blame one, all are grass eaters.
You forgot one factor: the Naxalites who control large areas, even in Maharashtra. If the Govt persists in ignoring the poor, they will turn to the Maoists. This is not something the police can deal with.
