Francois Gautier has failed to see that Indian politicians are gaining long term by all the above policies. The mantle passes from father to son to wife to daughter to daughter-in-law and, probably in future, to mistress.Why bother when it is a win-win situation for the politician and his family. The glaring examples are the Nehru-Gandhi family and down South the Karunanidhi family. Look at the track record of Karunanidhi. All his policies have been short-sighted, dividing the society and gaining politically in the process. The beneficiaries, naturally, are his family members - 2 sons, a daughter, an uncle and his sons (they have fallen out now because of power struggle) and so on. And look at the Nehru-Gandhi legacy. Father to daughter to son to foreign born daughter-in-law to son and so on. What has India gained in the process? An Italian born as its super-PM and a good for nothing son as the PM-in-waiting.When you are at it, how can you forget the Lallu family or the Mulayam family or Rajashekara Reddy family or Ajit Jogi family - well the list is never ending. Same is the case in every field - sports, national awards, development, reservations. The writer talks of Maharishi Yogi. Nearer home Mother Teresa was given the Bharat Ratna for her work. But the same work done silently and more efficiently by Baba Amte did not fetch him the Bharat Ratna during his life time. Why? Mother Teresa means Christian votes. Need one say more?
