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A myopic article
by Anand Bharadwaj on Dec 10, 2007 07:00 PM   Permalink

Though this article started well to outline the differences between the administration mechanisms of India Vis a Vis Pak, the author has failed to take a balanced thought, for ex.:
(1) During the initial years of Indian independence (1947-1956) the opposition literally gave a run for each rupee for the government. They were very constructive and highlighted many loopholes in the basic administrative structure, of which some were resolved and some still remain to be huge problems (like subsidies, religious reservations, etc.).
(2)The Congress, being a political party was forced to follow this approach, or else, it faced decline (like cases of reservation), thus India was built by Indians not by Congress.
(3) Finally author quotes 1975 emergency and Godhra riots as black spots, but forgets about Sikh Killings, Killings of Hindus during 1992 etc.


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