As an OCI card holder I still have a keen interest in the affairs of India. I was one of the people hoping BJP under Modi will make a come back.
But the unprecedented land slide was unexpected after the assembly elections,where BJP lost in 3 states and Congress seemed to be revived by CPR.
This brings me to the dilemma of the average Indian voter.
this is what i call the Zebra dilemma.
Almost every political party seems to have good and bad people and good and bad aspects.
If it is corruption,nepotism ,lack of development,lack of vision with congress then it is Hindu fundamentalism,cow vigilantism and lack of respect for institutions and laws of the country, the ever looming threat a different kind of "emergency" with the BJP .
So what can the Indian voter do?
Throw out one set of rascals and rougues to elect a different sect trying to over look the black stripes of a particular party.
Even the so called clean parties like AAP succumb to same greed pressure and ego of humans and start turning in to zebras.
"The Brexit slogans “Take Back Control” and “I Want My Country Back” in the UK, and Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” and “America First,” were products of the “existential threat” perceived by white supremacists on both sides of the Atlantic. Not all of the Brexit voters or those who voted for Trump were poor or unemployed. White people felt they were victims of policies on such issues as immigration, free trade, and economic globalization that were chiefly architected by “the West.” Their desperation and resentment triggered the renunciation of Western civilization."
(‘Clash of civilizations’ or abandonment of civilization? Bhim Bhurtel in Asia times)
Similarly Hidutva under the guise of development agenda and lack of corruption was able to attract the majority of Indian Hindus( yes there are other Hindus even in Vietnam , Indonesia and Hawaii)
the only question is will this turn out in to the fiasco of Brexit or not ?
But the unprecedented land slide was unexpected after the assembly elections,where BJP lost in 3 states and Congress seemed to be revived by CPR.
This brings me to the dilemma of the average Indian voter.
this is what i call the Zebra dilemma.
Almost every political party seems to have good and bad people and good and bad aspects.
If it is corruption,nepotism ,lack of development,lack of vision with congress then it is Hindu fundamentalism,cow vigilantism and lack of respect for institutions and laws of the country, the ever looming threat a different kind of "emergency" with the BJP .
So what can the Indian voter do?
Throw out one set of rascals and rougues to elect a different sect trying to over look the black stripes of a particular party.
Even the so called clean parties like AAP succumb to same greed pressure and ego of humans and start turning in to zebras.
"The Brexit slogans “Take Back Control” and “I Want My Country Back” in the UK, and Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” and “America First,” were products of the “existential threat” perceived by white supremacists on both sides of the Atlantic. Not all of the Brexit voters or those who voted for Trump were poor or unemployed. White people felt they were victims of policies on such issues as immigration, free trade, and economic globalization that were chiefly architected by “the West.” Their desperation and resentment triggered the renunciation of Western civilization."
(‘Clash of civilizations’ or abandonment of civilization? Bhim Bhurtel in Asia times)
Similarly Hidutva under the guise of development agenda and lack of corruption was able to attract the majority of Indian Hindus( yes there are other Hindus even in Vietnam , Indonesia and Hawaii)
the only question is will this turn out in to the fiasco of Brexit or not ?
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