An Oasis Without Water

India, many feel, is an oasis in the desert of failed democracies.

The img-20170208-wa0023world has too many dictatorships, starving nations where the ‘ruler’ spends millions on his birthday, ‘elected’ leaders who refuse to step down as their term ends, countries with fake elections controlled by army and religious hatred for neighbour or  contestants who declare they would accept an electoral verdict only if they win!

Is it really an oasis or just a mirage where most parties are ruled by dynasties? A party whose members wag their tails at dynastic bosses calls others ‘dogs’ and thinks one family won the freedom for the country all others who died for it were fools. And that too just because it took on the name of the group of people who fought for Independence and  Continue reading An Oasis Without Water