Written on Sunday May 17, 2009<\/p>\n
I’m so happy for India…I’d just begun to lose faith in India and the Indian system (especially since reservations on the basis of caste were increased to more than 50%)…when India as a whole bounced back to show what it is capable of…this is the power of India…this is the power of Indian democracy. These are some of the choices that the pan-Indian voter has made (at least for the next 5 years):<\/p>\n
1) “No”, to those who opposed the forward-looking Indo-US nuclear deal
\n2) “No” to right-wing or left-wing politics
\n3) “Yes” to development and performance – whether on a regional basis (Bihar under Nitish Kumar, Orissa under Patnaik, Delhi under Sheila Dixit or Sikkim under Chamling) or a national basis (Right to Information Act, NREGS, Indo-US nuclear deal)
\n4) “No” to regional leaders who place class and caste before national interest and greater good (Mayawati’s Bahujan Samajwadi Party, Mulayam’s SP, Lalu’s RJD) and wanted to extract a price for playing king-makers
\n5) “No” to all wannabe prime-ministers
\n6) “Yes” to stability and a centrist-policy
\n7) “Yes” to a greater role for the younger generation and a new mindset in Indian politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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