‘Party stronghold’ concept is perhaps a marketing ploy by local politicians to attract voters to the preferred party or to extract resources from candidates.
Who funds elections is an open secret, but nothing much is written about it in the media, write Jaishri Jathwaney & Samir Kapur in their book ‘When India Votes’.
Number of candidates in each constituency has grown rapidly since Independence but an independent has a very small likelihood of winning a Lok Sabha seat.
In their book The Verdict, authors Prannoy Roy and Dorab R. Sopariwala write how the ‘divide and rule’ strategy has been paying electoral dividends in India.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Pankaj bhai, what are you saying? Why are you so negative as well then trying to be balanced? What’s your point? Just try to be balanced. Our society is largely illiterate and no vocational aptitude or skill too, but they have smartphones. From where is their money coming and what are they doing for their future? There is no point writing …..
If four hundred million Indians have their brains in their socks, God help us. But I don’t think that is true. The net is more than a gateway to myth, fantasy, porn or devious political messaging. It takes one second to verify the authenticity of a message. There are fact checking sites which do this all the time. When a minister speeded up one of his trains in a video clip, that invited international ridicule. Most Indians do not in any case have the luxury of whiling away the time, living in a world of make believe. Too many painful intrusions from the real world. Anyone hoping to win the next election by fighting a war in cyberspace, without having performed, delivered on the ground will get a reality check on 23rd May.
Pankaj bhai, what are you saying? Why are you so negative as well then trying to be balanced? What’s your point? Just try to be balanced. Our society is largely illiterate and no vocational aptitude or skill too, but they have smartphones. From where is their money coming and what are they doing for their future? There is no point writing …..
If four hundred million Indians have their brains in their socks, God help us. But I don’t think that is true. The net is more than a gateway to myth, fantasy, porn or devious political messaging. It takes one second to verify the authenticity of a message. There are fact checking sites which do this all the time. When a minister speeded up one of his trains in a video clip, that invited international ridicule. Most Indians do not in any case have the luxury of whiling away the time, living in a world of make believe. Too many painful intrusions from the real world. Anyone hoping to win the next election by fighting a war in cyberspace, without having performed, delivered on the ground will get a reality check on 23rd May.
Agreed. Very balanced comment.