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    • Sudheendra Kulkarni Tags : Rahul Gandhi Posted: Sunday , Jan 18, 2009 at 0046 hrs

    If Miliband’s visit has any lesson for us, it is this: India needs leaders who are deeply rooted in India, who do not crave foreign recognition, whose empathy for the poor is not guided by PR guys nor triggered by the desire to create a media event, and who have the courage to show the Big Powers—and today’s Britain is no longer one although it pretends to be—the door if they exhibit the arrogance to advise us on how we should defend our national interests. And no more government-assisted poverty tourism, please!

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    PatheticBy: badshah413 | 19-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward I don't who is more pathetic, the politicians or the media. Just because media does not want to talk about it enough or prefers to talk more about the emerging middle class (who is their primary customer) it would absurd for us to believe that the problem of poverty in India becomes more tolerable for the afflicted. I have seen articles in the lifestyle/city section of a competing newspaper talking extensively about one cigar club in Mumbai that sold $100 cigars and the dresses and jewelry worn by hollywood stars for the Oscars. The sad thing is that in that entire section there was not even a single mention of lose to 50% slum dwellers in Bombay. As far as politicians go the less said the better...ultimately we are getting what we deserve.
    Rahul, Miliban and media hypeBy: Raj Samuel | 13-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward Rather than taking moral higher ground on this particuar incident, we introspect the age old exlusions of our system that has created this behemoth,well take it or leave it, its stark naked, sitting on a high mountain top, visible without visiting it- Recommend reading " Imagining India" by Nandan N
    Face Poverty Head-On, Don't Hide itBy: Abhay Shankar | 01-Feb-2009 Reply | Forward India has to acknowledge the existence of two Indias - the one upwardly mobile, and the one that is still stuck in past The 2nd India has to be spotlighted on so that people start thinking about how to improve their lot too. Unless the probem is highlighted and enlightened people are not pushed out of their comforting zone of studied ignorance, the other India will not improve. Genuinely caring young, dynamic, honest leaders should spring up from all shades, opinions and make the other India's problems's solutions a centerpiece of their agendas. This will bridge the gap between the two Indias and also place the 1st India on a more reliable footing. This will help India as a whole. There is absolutely nothing wrong with spotlighting the people of other India. I will say go for it with full-blooded honesty. Confront the problem head-on, do not hide it under the carpet, otherwise, the carpet will explode into tiny, innumerable pieces. How much can you put under the carpet, after all?
    Poverty Tourism and Gucci PoliticiansBy: Dr. Ajay Kumar, England | 19-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Rahul Baba, the Gucci politician of India is in a class of his own. He and his handlers may be thinking that they are scoring points but what they achieve performing these juvenile theatricals is simply making themselves a laughing stock in the eyes of the wider world. From what we have seen of Rahul Baba untill now, well, then God help India if he ever becomes Prime Minister. One will have to question motive, competence and credibility of those who will elect him PM.And Mr. Kulkarni, Britain did not made India poor, India lost out to industrial revolution. Read "India Unbound" by Gurucharan Das to learn in detail. Also, "Honourable Company" by historian John Keay. Indians are very quick to blame others for their misfortune. They do not look themselves in the mirror. With geriatric leaders aspiring to become PM, bunch of goons walking as lawmakers and these Gucci politicians in the wings, India's future doesn't look bright. Unless, middle class wake up, join politics and vote.
    brilliantBy: siddharth | 19-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward well said
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