1. Education, Infant mortality ARE some of the indices by which development is determined - not just GDP. By focussing on GDP growth you and others are forgetting that there is a bigger picture. It has nothing to do with social issues or otherwise - your claim that Indian lives are better now is patently based on GDP growth and nothing else. 2. Is the personality cult NOT associated with the right (BJP, Shiv Sena)? In fact the left parties are the few remaining that have great inner party democracy. 3.I keep asking you to define common man - you obviously are thinking about upper class city-bred people (because only their lives have gotten better). 4.Where did this myth that leftists somehow do less work originate? You do realize that the American Democratic party, and the UK Labor Party are leftist? And are you claiming that 50% of Americans who vote for the Democrats do not work? Your comments on leftists have no touch with reality - just in politics, the left parties have a better attendance record (that is work too) in parliament than all the other parties. Volunteer activism is maximal in left parties. Be informed when you do public posting.
