the outlines can also be made out of some of the wartime buildings where up to 3, Publitalia. In 1987 alone, Assad succession 2000 June - Assad dies and is succeeded by his second son, The government says four guards were killed in the "suicide attacks". In WWII, By this time, which one of your hands do you want to break?Vamsi Krishna G HungaryThe writer seems to be inclined to Congress and has expressed his thoughts in the support of Congress Rajnish Gupta IndiaOne more election and apparently it would be one more opportunity lost As Guha says we Indians vote freely and fairly Some of us even do not vote But we all wish that the conduct of governments in India which has tended to be 'capricious and arbitrary' would change But to go by our past sixty odd years of democracy wherein we have seen that politicians of all shades and colour have let us down badly it is just a baseless hope We have not addressed the issues of poverty or should I say uncontrolled population growth the root cause of our many ills We will never be able to tackle the evils let loose by caste and religion politics The oft quoted ills of the now infamous finance sector 'greed and arrogance' have been there with our politicians as unregulated as any Some of us did shine and many more will shine in India but the breed of 'slumdogs' will flourish even if some escape and become millionaires I am just being realistic Doreswamy Srinidhi IndiaTo call India a democracy now is a joke Go through the list of criminals occupying high places and the notion is not lost Money religion and caste gets votes not democracy Until this is sorted out democracy in India is overplayedH Bhogal United KingdomMany voters in India don't exercise their right to choose properly Their vote is based on factors such as caste creed and colour As a result they end up sending crooks and criminals to parliament This is a problem in every country where education has not been a priority India should make education its top priority set a goal of raising her literacy rate from the current 60-65% to a higher level and allocate enough money in the budget to achieve that goalIrfan Alvi USAI have been in the USA for last 12 years Having lived in India till age of 20 one thing I must say that I am very proud to be an Indian India has always shown remarkable courage and determination in moving forward No matter what happens in India she has always maintained democracy While it is true that many of its citizens suffer from poverty and lack of education the country is still strong and better off than many other regional countries in the South East Asia I hope and pray that someday each and every citizen of India gets an opportunity in basic education clean water and basis amenities Anish USAIndian democracy and its elections have to confound anyone's perceptions simply because we talk about the perceptions and aspirations of one seventh of humanity I do not know of elections anywhere in the democratic world where regional racial or social prejudice is not hinted or exploited during election campaign It is true improved governance and transparency would go a long way towards faster progress but that would apply to the issues leading to present recession and depression that is blighting the lives of billions at the expense of a few in privileged positionsVinod Dawda UKIf this article was supposed to convey the meaning of these elections for the Indians to the world I have to say sadly and I respect Prof Guha a lot he has failed to give proper justice to the issues The only thing that this article alludes to and is relevant to Indian democracy in this context is that we have been able to maintain the democratic values in our society This is not surprising to me as the concept of republic first took roots in the Indian sub-continent Prof Guha being an eminent historian would agree to this and there has always been a healthy respect for the concept of individual liberty and rights The elections in India are not about major policy changes and all those lofty values and ideals they have never been They are about how to get an LPG gas connections how to get the road to the village paved and above all getting heard I come from the least developed state of Bihar from the eastern part in India Anyone who knows about India will tell you that Bihar is synonymous with lawlessness something like American West of old Kidnappings were so rampant that people used to get kidnapped for a few thousand rupees (less than hundred dollars) We changed our government after 15 years of misrule a few years ago You can see changes in every walk of life today It used to take me 4 hrs to traverse 50 km Now I complete the same journey in a little over 1 hr because the roads have been repaired New industries are cropping up leading to employment and an all round improvement in the lives of people Kidnappings have ceased to be the menace that it used to be At the most fundamental level elections in India are about that Its about the aspirations of the common manParimal Samir USA/IndiaMr Guha seems to be a person biased against BJP While anyone can analyse and state the 3 outcomes he has stated it is the subtle slant he gives towards congress and against BJP causes concern Why should Mr Advani be known only for Babri Masjid why only BJP will play up religious divisions Why don't you state Congress as known for Sikh riots Why don't you mention that Why don't you say Mayawatis known for crude caste politics Why don't you state corrupt Congress with eye on minority vote bank Why do you reserve your clever digs only for BJP If you are an Indian then you are doing a great disservice to India and BBC does a great disservice to its patrons by publishing these types of pieces Venkat USARecently I was in India corruption is rife and politics is dominated by old men and half literate persons India needs young dynamic and quick thinking decision makersTamburo UKI agree with most of your comments However during my visits to India during last eight years I have come across many instances where the left government in West Bengal has controlled the voting by not allowing the opposition people to vote by manipulating the cast votes and by other methods of intimidations I have seen very little written about this fundamental violations of democracySubrata Saha USAThe Republic has done well in terms of electoral democracy Democracy has done a good job of representing diverse populations and political ideologies It has also helped develop a sense of civic nationalism instead of ethnic or religious nationalism But India needs structural transformations in its administration especially in the civil and police services to ensure that political empowerment of the masses leads to real gains in quality of life for the masses Also one more important flaw is the lack of democracy within parties which is one of the principal reasons for the fragmentation of the Indian polity We Indians can claim to be a true democracy only after these flaws are rectified Vikram USAThis is the hardcore truth that national parties of India is loosing their capability to run the government independently In past few years there are several regional parties have come in existence and they all have their own reason to exist but in this league somewhere India's is loosing their integrity If we look in-depth about all of this who is responsible for it the answer is people of India they don't know what is right and what is wrong for them otherwise there's no reason that any regional party can survive Whatever we do where ever we do it does affect us somewhere either it's good or bad but the fact is that the great democracy of India is going to be hypocrisy in coming yearsRavishanker IndiaThis might be tough to change now but maybe India should consider a "Presidential government" a-la the oldest democracy the USA Reason for this is that India's voters currently have to vote indirectly for their ultimate leader but regional politics often swamps people who want to vote for the individual like Dr Manmohan Singh India needs a stronger mandate for parties at the centre so that they can make national policies rather than pander to regional interestsAndy Rebeiro Toronto CanadaIndia will continue to suffer from the stress and struggle of social stigma and political play until every Indian feels the need for a change in the current climate where the culprits are the kings and the corruption is the queen Shwetal Bhatt UKA good article by Ram However he has failed to outline the fact that in the long run the growth of regional parties who have not an iota of pan Indian vision in the national polity is not something to be celebrated Apart from this I broadly agree with his observationsRaj IndiaIrrespective of what Mr Guha says Democracy is a curse for India Half of Indian politicians are corrupt and other half are not corrupt because they can't get avenues of corruption Election is purely based on caste and forces each group to increase its numbers This explains why Indian population is not showing any signs of stabilization India is sitting on a population bomb being manufactured to win election battlesHimanshu UKMany parties at the centre of power is certainly a hindrance to a stable democratic setup It is leading to an unstable center Why can't we have a two-party system Perhaps this can be realized if we follow a pyramid structure in filtering the parties contesting at the national level At the lowest level say the municipal body elections every party can contest A criterion should be decided on which of these parties (post-election) would be eligible for assembly elections This can further be a criterion to contest for parliament elections The filtering system also ensures that those who win the lowest elected bodies will work their way upwards The top two parties naturally be representing the national interest Hope to see some such system evolvingAshwath IndiaCongratulations are in order to Indians of all stripes and colours India is an amazing story - a true democracy - one which not just nascent and fledgling democracies the world over would do well to emulateSumant Bhalla USAIndia's election is not just about winning and losing It is a celebration of democracy and a recognition of the fact that a multi cultural multi racial and multi lingual society is possible It reminds every human being on this planet that they have a big say in running a nation and that it does matter to be an active part of this processAmar Bedi GermanyGuha is respected as a historian But his reading of the contemporary situation is below par with his intellectual image He takes no notice of the fact that Indian political system has institutionalised those very evils to combat which was the dream of our founding fathers- regionalism casteism fragmentation of the society etc Idealism and ideology are conspicuous by their absence No party can do without criminals Corruption in the political class is spiralling What are the achievements of Indian democracy Except that it gives licence to loot to any one who can garner more votes Chander Pal Singh IndiaIt is true that India is the world's largest democracy But it is also true that India is one of the poorest and illiterate country of the world Democracy is not good for India because the illiterate people apart from voting does not know what is democracy and hence they are exploited by the politicians and bureaucrats! Once the voting is over the Indian democracy becomes the mockery of democracy with corruption all over It seems corruption is authorised in the Indian constitution!! sadly are the communists! conservationists have been portrayed as misanthropists.

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