<p>i would disagree because i know so many ppl our age who agree with bjp’s and rss’s fundamentalist policies. As i had mentioned before, i personally know so many ppl of our generation who agree with everything that has happened since 92. And these ppl are not chump change. some of them have done their mbas and ms at ivy leagues work with the best co.s in the us and india and are vocal enough to rise to leadership positions.
ofcourse, only time will tell - but i do feel tht it will be a coin toss about whether in 30 yrs our country is led by a seculist or a separatist. and 50% prob is a huge risk…</p>
<p>What is this ‘everything that has happened since 1992’?</p>
<p>“How can you be so sure? That’s why I mentioned the urban-rural disconnect”</p>
<p>dont know if this question was geared towards me or not. but i have lived 50% of my life in a rural area and 50% in a metro area. i went to school in a relatively smaller place and still go to my family’s farm every six months. ofcourse, now i live in a metro - but even in a metro - 1 dont have to go too far to connect to the rural mindset.</p>
<p>Adi! <em>stands up and cheers</em> </p>
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<p>There wasnt a single day during that period when I thanked God that my minority friends lived in a safe state, whatever its other problems might be.</p>
<p>The BJP may be less corrupt and more efficient than most other parties in this country but I will never ever be able to reconcile myself to the fact that these people have blood on their hands.
As for development under their regime-well we don’t know what cost that’s come at because as astrix pointed out, we are out of touch with the lives and motivations of India’s huge rural population.</p>
<p>economically - we HAVE to look ahead. but political instability is a very major concern for any investors. look at gujarat for a perfect example. not many mnc’s want to invest in gujarat if they have a choice. modi’s vibrant gujarat is one of the most spectacular economic policies of the recent time, but the tainted image of gujarat has not allowed it to raise as much capital investment. on a more personal scale - i know gujjus who have stopped investing in gujju co.s after 2002 because they feel disenchanted with whatever happened.
economics follow logic and political instability is the cause for increased risk in any financial model (which inturn decreases the npv of the project) and u lose on economies as well…</p>
<p>no that wasn’t geared at anyone, what i meant was a backward mentality</p>
<p>Adi-people like you are exceptions. I personally remember very little of the time I spent in rural areas.
As for the youth putting an end to religious tensions, well i say that that’s just balls. All the people of my age that I’ve met who’re seriously considering going into politics are totally VHP and RSS and yes-highly educated. Most of my NRI cousins who have been born and brought up in first world countries echo the same views. Oh and also provide a good bit of these trishul bearing organizations’ money.</p>
<p>as far as your comment on urban-rural disconnection goes. i think it is very true to a certain level but i am not entirely sold that education comes from attendin school and reading books.
from my experience with rural areas in guj and mah. - i believe that rural ppl, although uneducated, sometimes have better ‘education’. farmers in these two states confirm their crop prices with cboe and cbot futures price on internet, they can look at the sky and forecast monsoon, they have learned how imp. it is to offer educational opportunities to their kids but at the same time not at the cost of losing the education they have accumulated for so many years.
and ofcourse, we have those ‘highly educated’ people who supports narrow, fundamentalist viewpoints without taking socio-economic costs into consideration</p>
<p>such - as akash and i have discussed this offline. i respect vhp and rss supporter’s viewpoints. i dont know it all and i am open to the fact that i might be wrong. my world and my universe is formed by my experiences around me and my experiences tell me to not support bjp - but i am not angry at those who do!
ofcourse, those who do will have to do it at the cost of going against me and my pockets - and i swear i dont lose easily :)</p>
<p>Adi i will not be diplomatic like you. What I’ve seen of the VHP and RSS ain’t pretty. I am not angry at those people who support the BJP (they’re entitled to their own personal opinions and I respect that) but if Gujarat was an expression of those (the whole Sangh Parivar’s) personal opinions…</p>
<p>Oh w t f, I’m angry.</p>
<p>Question to everyone: To what extent are your political opinions moulded by that of your parents and your immediate family?</p>
<p>adides i read you when you say rural folk can be a lot more sensible than those higher on the socio economic strata</p>
<p>P.S. realization just struck about the 1992 thing. i see you meant babri masjid.</p>
<p>I guess my family is pretty much pro BJP. Which was how I felt until I became old enough to see their fundamentalist leanings for myself.</p>
<p>I don’t have much respect for the left either. Or at least the left that I see.</p>
<p>where is akash and sp - this is getting too much one sided.</p>
<p>about opinions moulding - i used to have multiple politicians all from bjp in my household. Funnily we dont have a single bjp supporter in the house nemore. dont know who moulded whose opinions over here - but they definietely werent able rub their ideologies off me :D</p>
<p>OK so you both swim against the tide.
I on the other hand have been brought up in an extremely anti BJP home all my life and its rubbed off to a large extent</p>
<p>well, i wont say that i have swam against the tide all my life. until 2002 i was a bjp supporter. i have participated in rallies waving bjp flags and contributed my piggy banks for bjp candidates - but as Einstein said, “when situations change, i change my mind.” and i surely did…</p>
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<p>I don’t think anyone really does that from the very beginning. I happen to have swum with the tide because events have done nothing to make me want to change my mind.</p>
<p>But changing from a flag waving BJP supporter to someone who says stuff like ‘I will support anything that is NOT bjp or remotely a bjp supporting party…’
Wow that’s a quantum jump. And though Feb 2002 may have warranted that change, it sure as hell hasn’t happened to any other such people I know.
Hats off pal. You have true strength of mind. :)</p>
<p>such - how do you put these quote boxes up there - never learned how to do it.</p>
<p>like this:</p>
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