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Taking dynasty out of democracy

‘Why Democracy Is Struggling in Asia’ was the cover story of a recent issue of TIME magazine. It described how democracy was paralysed in Thailand, with protestors blockading Bangkok’s airports and laying siege to the Prime Minister’s office. South Korea, despite electing a popular government, ....Read more

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Taking Dynastry out of DemocracyBy: P.N. Sarin | Saturday , 14 Feb '09 13:13:51 PM Reply | Forward If we want to make India's democracy fool-proof, then we must raise the standard of our political parties. They are the root-cause of poor governance. Ideally speaking, our political parties should be democratic, transparent, accountable and led by people who are visionaries and expert in implementing policies. Members of Parliament should have a proven track record of public service. Merit and not dynasty should be the basic requirement of leaders of political parties.

GoofBy: RP | Friday , 13 Feb '09 1:05:37 AM Reply | Forward Good article sir. But no mention of remote controls of RSS and senas controlling non dynastic parties

Office of Profit billBy: Seema | Sunday , 8 Feb '09 14:58:02 PM Reply | Forward How can you forget about Office of Profit Bill?

On Dynasty in democracyBy: kr prasad | Sunday , 8 Feb '09 10:20:19 AM Reply | Forward Kulkarni, I congratulate your free speech . In this money game of politics, a Dynastic Family has an enormous advantage- they have more money than others, more power, more of their people planted in the media, in the industry and in the judiciary and in all departments of government that is why they win most of the time. It is also a fact that there are many in India who have no self-respect and a sense of self-worth - these are the ones who become slaves, The Dynasty uses precisely such people. (Just count the number of ministers in the congress government from Nehru-Indira Gandhi's time who were not slaves – only a handful). We must remember that our country has even been ruled by slaves in the 12 century – things have not changed much!Unfortunately in India all people may be equal, but all Families are not equal. There must be a law for debarring a family from having more than one person as PM or President for 5 generations.

Taking dynasty out of democracyBy: kr prasad | Sunday , 8 Feb '09 10:08:32 AM Reply | Forward I cannot but agree with Mr. Kulkarni, I congratulate him for having the courage to talk against the dynasty. There should be more like him, if our country would have a worthwhile future. In this money game of politics, a Dynastic Family has an enormous advantage- they have more money than others, more power, more of their people planted in the media, in the industry and in the judiciary and in all departments of government that is why they win most of the time. It is also a fact that there are many in India who have no self-respect and a sense of self-worth - these are the ones who become slaves, The Dynasty uses precisely such people. (Just count the number of ministers in the congress government from Nehru-Indira Gandhi's time who were not slaves â€“ only a handful). We must remember that our country has even been ruled by slaves in the 12 century â€“ things have not changed much!Unfortunately in India all people may be equal, but all Families are not equal. There must be a LAW t