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You are just afraid of dissent. You want to see a single window transaction everywhere. Everyone should be nod their head or simply get out of the way. This is the reason for the discontent in public today. One of the reasons why people prefer a corrupt leader over a better candidate is that the...

That was a stupid move. It will eat into AAP's votes this time.

I do not support AAP blindly. They are left of centre and I don't like that many times. But their principled stand in electricity is OK. The subsidy is a temporary relief. The audit is the long term action taken. We will know for sure why discoms cost us so much in Delhi and Mumbai whereas it...

Whether you know or not, even today we ask for Gram sabha's permission for projects' land. Project officials, and the government officers(collectors sometimes) attend meetings while trying to convince villagers to give their land. So if there is a question of whole village washing out, we...

I did not read Kejriwal's book. There is a section in the dopbox book linked by Puchtoon where there is a special section saying 'BASELESS DOUBTS AND ASSUMPTIONS' with subsections 'Atrocities on backward classes' and 'Fear of Khap Panchayats'. But so far, I have not seen him advocating such...

You live in some foreign land. A president of village gets to the position only if he knows most people in the village. And when enough people or 'elders' come to him/her they have to bow to pressure. They are more susceptible to public pressure than our netas. I believe there is already a law...

Don't trivialize an issue. Nobody is saying to give all powers to villages. A panchyat should be allowed to raise more resources. They should be allowed to compensate a villager if he/she gave up land for a village level facility. They should be allowed to name(some sort of reprimand) a public...

At Panchayat level, there is already informal RTI.. In a Gram Sabha, if the President is asked to show records, they do so already. There may be exceptions, but usually our villages are better than our PM saying 'I lost the records'.

What Kejriwal wants is true devolution of power where people closest to the ground will keep a watch on what is happening near them, maintaining the accountability. The traditional parties want to throw mud on the idea calling it mob rule. How can they otherwise remote control the whole country...

1) Why should Centre want to keep Delhi Police under its control more now? If they give control to Delhi government, there would not be any problem of Delhi CM protesting against his own men. He would simply give them directives instead. 2) The power cost in Delhi and Mumbai is inflated. Ask...

That is BS. No unelected functionary can prevent an elected representative body like the State Assembly from discussing on any subject. Not in a Union Territory, nowhere. WTF is an approval process before the Bill was passed in the Assembly?!! There is nothing in the Constitution that says...

The governor can always send back the bill after the Legislative Assembly passes it. Since when does a Governor, a non elected functionary, goes out of his way and tells a State Assembly of elected members that they cannot even table a Bill without his approval?! That is BS.

Pfft... you are naive on this subject here. Don't blindly support USA. Wake up.

I agree with what you are saying man. But this is India and the law here takes years to complete procedures. The rule of law is just that. Especially since this involves people killed. Btw have one more seat empty. Take the lady's kid along with you. He is blundering at every chance in India...

Isn't it obvious? 1. US is still following cold war game plans. While publicly saying Ukrainians alone decide, they are trying to decide who becomes prime minister. I haven't seen anything in the wikileaks which is this specific about US's meddling in a country, specifically installing a new...

Wow. this guy seems to be thinking too long term with respect to each of the subjects asked about(He says Ukraine should be divided!!). Thanks for posting it.

They do actually. Our media people also tell stories(many are untrue and simply to assert our nationhood and about people like Gandhi. Our media also create BS that India used to be 50(some even 80%) of world's GDP back in 1700s. Very few, if any, cover unsavory findings like Gandhi's sexual...

Pakistani Urdu media circulates BS under the name of journalism. Sadly in India all journalism, irrespective of language does the same.

I think it is good luck for AAP if Congress belittles, insults and underestimates them.

Iran could have been Turkey with oil and gas, had Mossadegh survived politically. Iranians and Arabs may hate each others guts but they failed to learn some common lessons to be learned. Men like Nasser and Mossadegh could have simply revolutionised the way their countries evolved. It is such a...