The trouble with the Indian Left is its total intellectual bankruptcy. The voter has finally seen through this. Unless they radically reinvent themselves, I see them fading away rapidly into oblivion. Which would be unfortunate because, if nothing else, their record on secularism has been impeccable. A vibrant Left would certainly help to keep the Congress government on its toes. One can only wish that the Yechuris and the Karats, whose ideologies were forged in the coffeehouse ambience of JNU in the 'seventies (and remain largely ossified in the discourse of that period), finally wake up from their dogmatic slumbers. The prognosis, in my view, is quite poor.
Sujeet
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
> On May 18, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
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>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702212.html
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> There are some parallels with the GOP's status in the USA. Sujeet, any
> thoughts on what this represents for India's left given that the massive
> Congress win removes their dependence on the Communists?
>
> --ravi
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