Comments on: Indian democracy collapsed into Religious terror? http://indiblog.com/67/indian-democracy-collapsed-into-religious-terror/ The Pride of India Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:59:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sooraj http://indiblog.com/67/indian-democracy-collapsed-into-religious-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Sooraj Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:36:08 +0000 http://www.indiblog.com/67/indian-democracy-collapsed-into-religious-terror/#comment-24 Youth seems to be the panacea for societal problems, and quite rightly most of the time. But with politics in India, the case is very different - first of all, it is dynastic. It is like you have to be reared as a politician from the moment you are born, perhaps this is a remnant of the caste system, but a big hurdle to youth participation. Though this is true of Congress, Shiv Sena and many others, there are exceptions such as BJP. Cleaning up the politics will do a lot of good to India - and I would say that the process has begun - look at our present and previous PMs! But it will take time... Youth seems to be the panacea for societal problems, and quite rightly most of the time. But with politics in India, the case is very different – first of all, it is dynastic. It is like you have to be reared as a politician from the moment you are born, perhaps this is a remnant of the caste system, but a big hurdle to youth participation. Though this is true of Congress, Shiv Sena and many others, there are exceptions such as BJP.

Cleaning up the politics will do a lot of good to India – and I would say that the process has begun – look at our present and previous PMs! But it will take time…

]]> By: Joy. D http://indiblog.com/67/indian-democracy-collapsed-into-religious-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Joy. D Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:46:46 +0000 http://www.indiblog.com/67/indian-democracy-collapsed-into-religious-terror/#comment-23 I agree with you Sooraj that we have good relationships between every religion in India within our neighborhoods and localities but how come we don’t protect each other when there is some religious riot breaks out. Why are we giving vent to our anger based on religion when we know that we live lovingly celebrating each others festivals and respecting each others faith? Is this not because there is the hand of fanaticism supported by the politicians? So why can’t youth of India make an effort to join politics and give a real meaning to democracy and stop fanaticism in every form. I agree with you Sooraj that we have good relationships between every religion in India within our neighborhoods and localities but how come we don’t protect each other when there is some religious riot breaks out. Why are we giving vent to our anger based on religion when we know that we live lovingly celebrating each others festivals and respecting each others faith? Is this not because there is the hand of fanaticism supported by the politicians? So why can’t youth of India make an effort to join politics and give a real meaning to democracy and stop fanaticism in every form.

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