tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post3022947059305595084..comments2023-10-27T11:50:29.736+05:30Comments on The Tramp: Marx-YeastAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15010339802506979153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-83714171771518473872009-05-27T12:14:51.259+05:302009-05-27T12:14:51.259+05:30Nice views, one thing I will totally agree is that...Nice views, one thing I will totally agree is that a single party holding power for 35 years makes it too complacent, basically it has nothing to do with politics only..having power for too long makes humans think that whatever he/she does it's right/sees things from a glass house. But back to the point there's no country in the world where a single party is holding power too long as in WB. I believe no "isms" have any problems, someone rightly say " in 20's if your are not communist your don't have a heart, & in 40 if your not capitalist you don't have a mind". But I feel the issue in India is "integrity" among us to stand up for as a nation, blame it on our population/lack of facilities or whatever, maybe many will differ with this on me, but we still lack to stand up as a nation. If you see countries like Germany, Israel or China having diff political ideologies still they progress much more than us as they are united as a nation. The sad part is in the recent US elections I see people holding a flag of US, but here people hold flags of diff political parties during elections & that's the problem, we still need to go a long way to unite as a nation.Sudhirhttp://www.techfeedr.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-49138883184270845852009-05-17T10:41:00.000+05:302009-05-17T10:41:00.000+05:30on the contrary political parties are made by exce...on the contrary political parties are made by exceptional leaders of exceptional calibre. it is true for all parties all over the world. that is how the system works. one exceptional leader makes all the difference. if you call the congress meek, i don't know who you would call..well, not weak.mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172370721460563128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-48285234936313707302009-05-17T09:55:00.000+05:302009-05-17T09:55:00.000+05:30One leader does not a party make. The congress par...One leader does not a party make. The congress party, the oldest in Indian politics is and was a meek party. I do not hold it against them, but they have soft stands. Exceptions will be there. Generally speaking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010339802506979153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-43184776797655365462009-05-16T23:40:00.000+05:302009-05-16T23:40:00.000+05:30get a reality check...the congress had a personali...get a reality check...the congress had a personality like indira gandhi. who, while she was certainly not an unmixed blessing to the country, was the most un-weak and un-meek leader india has ever produced and will ever produce.mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172370721460563128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-29356845018385688922009-05-13T21:50:00.000+05:302009-05-13T21:50:00.000+05:30Communal-ism bothers me. But fake-marxists are har...Communal-ism bothers me. But fake-marxists are hardly secular. <br /><br />To be very honest I do not believe India can ever be truly secular until <br />a) every child has a similar and religiously-unbiased common curriculum (and not madrasas and RSS schools)<br /><br />b) We have a common law independent of our religions. Why does no one talk about banishing Special Muslim Acts? Why will there be different rules for two Indians?<br /><br />Until that happens, we should stop talking about secularism. No party, no party has the guts to even pronounce these. Any one saying it will be stamped as communal or plotting to create communal unrest.<br /><br />India survives by seclusion of religious groups, castes, sects. Look around you. Everyone wants a separate state. The whole concept of India's unity in diversity is a farce. A farce so huge that it needs to be nailed into kids over years. It takes special conditioning to believe in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010339802506979153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-9922870165143379152009-05-13T21:39:00.000+05:302009-05-13T21:39:00.000+05:30March Hare sums up the dilemma very well. It bothe...March Hare sums up the dilemma very well. It bothers me VERY much that communal politics is finding a slow but sure foothold in this state, in the name of "minority/cultural" representation (the former being primarily Muslim, the latter being more the BJP/RSS sort)--it bothers me NO end.<br /><br />I am not Shahrukh Khan's biggest fan, but in an interview where he was clearly fighting to stay calm (or maybe that was an uncharacteristic piece of good acting) he said the last thing India needed was one more political party, esp. a religion-centric pary. He was referring to the proposed revival of the Muslim League, but I agree with him in general. <br /><br />While I was growing up there was a certain feeling that finally we had left behind overt religious presence or influence in the political domain--there was such dogged profusion of "Miley Sur Mera Tumhara" and so on-- but the last few years has shown how delusional (and perhaps "educated urban "westernised" middle class") we were in our assumptions. The rise of subaltern studies and minority rights--absolutely inalienable and necessary in both theory and practice--we have unfortunately also seen a resurgence of sectarian political ideologies.<br /><br />And there is not a thing we can do about it now, the way world politics has been reshaped.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-39978318749780255122009-05-13T21:27:00.000+05:302009-05-13T21:27:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-12696108529786462012009-05-13T15:13:00.000+05:302009-05-13T15:13:00.000+05:30I think March Hare sums it up best.
J.A.P.I think March Hare sums it up best.<br /><br />J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-25357201109757386672009-05-13T14:28:00.000+05:302009-05-13T14:28:00.000+05:30However, your vote will change the scene in the ce...However, your vote will change the scene in the centre. And not the state. Even if you vote for the TMC, the Left Front will be in power in the state, at least for some time.<br /><br />As for myself, in my constituency I had a choice between BJP, CPM and TMC. I find the first misogynist and communal, the second corrupt and complacent and the third stupid and 'subidhebadi'.<br /><br /> It was not an easy choice to make. But I did vote.March Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179423902475376450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203500.post-23924782805366383162009-05-13T12:29:00.000+05:302009-05-13T12:29:00.000+05:30well said!well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com