Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Implausible villain, this
In India's consumer goods industry, `multinational' has become an unsavoury word. The BJP's slogan, `Silicon chips, yes, potato chips, no', has acquired a life of its own in the Indian psyche. A non-partisan economic analysis of the BJP's rhetoric has become extremely elusive. Amidst the posturing and the dire predictions of the death of Indian industry at the hands of the multinational, the first casualty is the Indian consumer.
The perennially moaning elite
Squeamishness of the Indian mind to identify, and realise, as to what constitutes the parameters of national security concerns and interests is one of the enduring mysteries of this half-century of freedom. Political and administrative freedom has yet not been replicated in the intellectual field. And the vast majority of the political leadership in this country, aped by a similarly large constituency of the perennially unhappy, have still not understood the globalism of national security interests.
Problem friends
The BJP does not want to be known as an alliance breaker. Therefore, it will not take any unilateral steps to dump the AIADMK from the ruling coalition. This is not because the BJP is unable to cobble together a majority without the AIADMK. The party realises that if it ejects its southern ally from the government, it will only expose its own inability to lead a coalition.
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