Do It or Be Damned ; Politically Aware but Not Politically Active. Insistent On Change but Not Blinded by Youth. Yearning for a Strong Hand, Young India Wants Its Leaders to Be Performers.
India Today › February 11, 2009
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On a wintry morning somewhere in India, his day begins with a hot cup of coffee, a newspaper that rarely brings cheer to the reader, and a news channel that is equally depressing. Across the columns and on the screen, it's the same old stories that once more remind him of the strangeness of India, the shamelessness of its political class, the innate savagery of its society, and its petty deceptions.
As he is about to hop the channel or flip the page with the customary yawn, there pops up a feelgood piece which finally forces a we-are-not-yetdamned from our man. Though generally an underwhelming experience, reading or watching political news does not tire him. He is interested. He wants to know. He as a citizen has a stake in it. Still, guess who's spoiling the first hours of his day. The proverbial pol with a million platitudes.See the full content of this document
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Do It or Be Damned ; Politically Aware but Not Politically Active. Insistent On Change but Not Blinded by Youth. Yearning for a Strong Hand, Young India Wants Its Leaders to Be Performers.
Is this all we can get from the world's most volatile democracy? He sighs as more of them in starched cotton, spouting the familiar cliches, march before his eyes. We can't afford these guys. And most of them look as if they are escapees from a geriatric ward. We deserve better. Well, we need a Mrs G, the original.
He misses the strong leader, and he thinks Indira was the strongest of them all. India needs her, now. See what we have got. He is getting angry. Look at the prime minister.Facts that count73% of young India thinks politicians should retire at 6047% think that India can function better only under military rule56% bel...See the full content of this document
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