It is shocking to note to the decay of UP. Last few years it has been fiercely competing with Bihar to be the worst governed state in India.
In a democracy we cannot really blame the politicians entirely. Politicians as a class are basically crooked, unethical and shameless. That holds good for any country in the world. It is the duty of the people to carefully select the best from the rotten bunch and subsequently keep them under control.
All the states of India follow the same constitution, have the same kind of politicians. Then what does lead to the glaring differences in quality of governance between different states? In the same India we have Bihar and Maharashtra, UP and Tamil Nadu.
I think it is time that we started analysing the crisis of governance from a sociologist's point of view.
RE:UP deserves that
by bahmophet on Apr 13, 2007 01:02 PM Permalink
i recomend the reading of. A MILLION MUTINIES NOW . COULD NOT AGREE WITH U MORE. we got our freedom rather easily i think, so that all and sundry take advantage of the same. well somewhere it has to give, and the future is not going to be pleasant in any way. JAI HIND!
RE:UP deserves that
by Chanakya on Apr 13, 2007 03:56 PM Permalink
I am a big fan of Naipaul. That is one of the best books he has ever written.
Naipaul finished the book in late eighties. I thought liberalization would prove him wrong. But now I realize money cannot change character. Today's India is much more prosperous than the one Naipaul presented through "India: A Million Mutinies Now". But the problems have remain same. On the scale of civilization we have not progressed an inch in last two decades. That is amazing indeed! What do you say?
