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Farooq Abdullah: Sense and nonsense

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By K.N. Pandita

This election campaign saw only the ridicule in Farooq’s character, though, of course, he is not devoid of sublime.

Why did he allow angst to have better part of him? When you speak in anger you presumably speak the lies.

He found opportunity to ventilate his cumulative torment for not becoming President or Vice President of India for which he had once upon a time stoutly lobbied in Delhi.
He lost the bid because he was considered temperamental. Many people think he is mad, very few know he has method in madness.  Continue Reading…

The verdict, when it comes

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By K.N. Pandita

Almost about a month from now, we will have a new government at the centre. Ouster of Congress in four recently held assembly elections has boosted the morale of mainstream opposition parties. Will the electorate sustain that tempo is anybody’s guess.

People’s verdict in those assembly elections was patently for change.  The nation seeks change not as sequel to incumbency factor or for the reason of slackness in developmental activity within given conditions; perhaps not even for back breaking price rise in consumer goods. Continue Reading…

Afghan Presidential election

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By K.N. Pandita

April 5. 2014 will be another memorable day in the chequered history of contemporary Afghanistan. It is also a day of triumph for Afghanistan’s transition from tribal lawlessness to democratic order. The exercise will be seen as a very sane and sensible replacement of traditional authoritarian regimes or the regressive theocratic arrangement of medieval character. Noticeably at long last, the world’s hitherto most conservative society, totally alien to any form of popular government and recognized civil code except the one forged by the tribal chiefs as and how it pleased them, is gradually inclining towards democracy as a key to the solution of her chronic political, economic and social problems. Afghanistan is steadily seeking her place among the democratic nations of the world.  Continue Reading…

Election with a difference

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By K.N. Pandita

Electioneering for the 16th Lok Sabha is markedly different from previous elections in some aspects. Though personalities with charisma always play important role in election campaigns in any democracy including ours, yet in our case, by and large, this aspect did not overshadow the stature of political parties to which personalities belonged. The party and not the personality remained the engine for generating ideas and perceptions.

A string of stalwarts from Nehru to Atal Bihari Bajpai — personalities with great charisma — neither pretended nor let their sycophants project them an entity outside the matrix of organizations they nurtured with deep nationalist orientation.   Continue Reading…