tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323210.post6651148253506716938..comments2023-11-05T15:12:03.559+05:30Comments on M.J. Akbar - The Sunday Guardian : The Curious Vibrations of Sound and SilenceM J Akbarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14372493873446290094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323210.post-69859543059677324082009-03-01T00:51:00.000+05:302009-03-01T00:51:00.000+05:30Let us face the truth the congress has never had a...Let us face the truth the congress has never had any pretensions to in-party democracy, or nay use for distinguished CVs. Every time someones feet got a bit bigger than the assigned shoes, they either died or the party split.<BR/>Those who knew and accepted this fact rose to the glory of seat-warmers in precincts slightly more hallowed than the Oscar Ceremonies, Dr. Singh for Example.<BR/>As congress was the only political organization prior to independence, it pretty much wrote the DNA of Indian political culture. That is a national tragedy.<BR/>We are thus condemned to snowballing mediocrity and a feudal,incestuous political culture.<BR/>The question that stares us in the face is are we the young of this nation going to pick up the gauntlet or curry favour with these feudal lords.<BR/>A very telling comment came in the form of a question a BJP guest asked a senior congress faithful in the last hustings on TV - Tell me honestly does Robert Vadra have a better chance of being the Congress PM or do you if it ever came to that?<BR/>Fortunately for congressmen they have no straws in the wind to read.VitchDoktahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285152225518152742noreply@blogger.com