If you want a free press in India than you should support Rahul and not Modi

pravalika nanda wrote:If Rahul can become the PM, then I can do your colostomy reversal and Max can be the anesthesiologist for the procedure.

Rashmun wrote:

pravalika nanda wrote:If Rahul can become the PM, then I can do your colostomy reversal and Max can be the anesthesiologist for the procedure.

Modi was also a greenhorn when he became CM. Ditto for Rajiv Gandhi when he became PM.

pravalika nanda wrote:

Rashmun wrote:

pravalika nanda wrote:If Rahul can become the PM, then I can do your colostomy reversal and Max can be the anesthesiologist for the procedure.

Modi was also a greenhorn when he became CM. Ditto for Rajiv Gandhi when he became PM.

modi was a teaboy who worked his way up through several stages against much opposition before he became the cm, you have to have intelligence and will-power to do that. rajiv gandhi fell out of his mom's womb to become the pm. it would be so much easier if there was some way to make these guys like the gandhis princes or gods and pack them off and leave politics to the masses. and he fa mously said something like "when a giant falls the earth will shake" instead of doing anything to stop the sikh massacres. both sides have boold on their hands. yes, i know RG is not on the ticket.

when a woman and her cronies plunder indian of billions and trillions of dollars that belong to the people, i don't think that is acceptable.

truthbetold wrote:On the other hand,  rash look what insecure Indira did to India. Look what dynastic succession did to Indian democracy? Look how an incompetent rahul was thrust upon Congress party and India?
Ok. When it comes to India,  rashmun will close his eyes to avoid seeing the truth.

Rashmun wrote:http://scroll.in/article/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi?id=655950

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Rashmun wrote:http://scroll.in/article/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi?id=655950

the worst muzzling of the press happened during IG's reign. i think authoritarian leaders can be of any creed. they can be communal like modi or they can be the kind that suppresses religion like kemal ataturk or in between like IG. modi certainly hasn't cornered the market on that. there are many reasons to dislike modi, but i don't think he is any more or any less prone to muzzling the press than congress politicians.

and with your predilection to support authoritarian strongmen like ataturk and akbar, not sure why you are complaining.

truthbetold wrote:Poverty is the worst form of violence. Indira's policies led to a stagnated 1970s while   korea, malaysia andhe road and  taiwan soared.  Protesting Indian people were killed  and jailed. Nation was put under emergency to save one person's political power. ou are trying to tell me that she is just flawed? 

The congress of Gandhi and Nehru had some ideals. Few good people. That is why Indian people respected them. Congress of Sonia and Rahul had abandoned every one of those principles. They are just out there to get power.

Indian people saw through their game. They are looking for alternate leadership. Indian political system does not room for genuine people's advocates.  They saw a flawed modi and decided to give him and his party a chance.  

Competent modi is better than nincompoop rahul. that is what indian people are saying.

Rashmun wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Rashmun wrote:http://scroll.in/article/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi?id=655950

the worst muzzling of the press happened during IG's reign. i think authoritarian leaders can be of any creed. they can be communal like modi or they can be the kind that suppresses religion like kemal ataturk or in between like IG. modi certainly hasn't cornered the market on that. there are many reasons to dislike modi, but i don't think he is any more or any less prone to muzzling the press than congress politicians.

and with your predilection to support authoritarian strongmen like ataturk and akbar, not sure why you are complaining.

IG is long dead. No Cong leader of the present has shown any predilection for muzzling the press.

truthbetold wrote:Rash

This self delusional nonsense will not get you anywhere. Go and tell that to average indian voter.

Rashmun wrote:

truthbetold wrote:On the other hand,  rash look what insecure Indira did to India. Look what dynastic succession did to Indian democracy? Look how an incompetent rahul was thrust upon Congress party and India?
Ok. When it comes to India,  rashmun will close his eyes to avoid seeing the truth.

Cong is not perfect and I do not support its stand on many issues like the question of caste based reservations. But out of all political parties in India Cong is the best.

With respect to Indra Gandhi, people were warning her not to have Sikhs as bodyguards after Bluestar but she did not listen to them because she was a staunch secularist. She was willing to pay the price for her secular ideology.

Further, after 1971 war, even BJP leaders like Vajpayee were saying that Indra reminds them of Goddess Durga. Field Marshal Maneckshaw has complemented Indra for being a fine war time leader.

Of course Indra had her defects, but the fact that she continued to remain secular--respecting all communities, castes, and creeds--has to be appreciated.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Rashmun wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Rashmun wrote:http://scroll.in/article/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi?id=655950

the worst muzzling of the press happened during IG's reign. i think authoritarian leaders can be of any creed. they can be communal like modi or they can be the kind that suppresses religion like kemal ataturk or in between like IG. modi certainly hasn't cornered the market on that. there are many reasons to dislike modi, but i don't think he is any more or any less prone to muzzling the press than congress politicians.

and with your predilection to support authoritarian strongmen like ataturk and akbar, not sure why you are complaining.

IG is long dead. No Cong leader of the present has shown any predilection for muzzling the press.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/opinion/indias-limited-freedom-of-speech.html?_r=0