Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 04 Apr 2013 14:13

!! Anybody noticed the resemblance to Mr Bean ?

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 04 Apr 2013 14:24

We have Pappu speach - if it can be called as such is now on youtube. I hope unless someone want to vomit etc with disgust please dont post the link on BR. PLEASE. How this person could complete his high school exams in India? yaaaaakkkkkk.

By the way stop calling him Amul Baba. It will be a serious insult to one of the most loved brands of India and dont compare him with Bean who is also loved greatly around world.

once again yaaaaaakkkkkkkkk.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 04 Apr 2013 14:28

Hari Seldon wrote:Wow, moi thought. Where from these newfound b@lls among 'em industry fede-rations only, living as they do on sarkari rations only.... well, here's the answer...

Modi's address would, however, be restricted to the women's wing of FICCI on April 8. He would speak on topic "Unleash the entrepreneur within: Exploring new avenues".
I see, so while amul baby talks to the men, apna sher has to make do talking to the women's wing. But, never worry, it is women who are the backbone of any society and of any impending change....

Men would automatically get attracted to Modi for his can-do and ballsy attitude. It is the women who are the loose cannon here because often they vote for the person who they find "nice and decent".

My mother-in-law once said she is going to vote for a candidate because his wife looked happy, and so he must be treating her well. Sometimes women just go for the looks. Amul baby, even with 42 may look kind of all cuteness to them!

So NaMo needs to bring the women votes over to his side by making them focus their attention onto things that matter - women empowerment, women entrepreneurship and confidence, inflation, etc. He needs to be seen caring for children like he showed himself a few days back.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 04 Apr 2013 14:46

Not true. Women are the worst hit in the economic hardships and they know more about crime, misgovernece and curruption and all that is wrong with INC.

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 04 Apr 2013 14:55

Evidence is mixed on the extent of the Modi phenomenon among women.

In Gujarat itself, apparently women tend to be stronger supporters of Modi than men. A number of pollsters attributed Modi's recent win to the massive turnout and popularity of Modi among women. However in recent nationwide opinion polls - women have lagged men so far in their support for Modi. BJP needs to work on making the scenario in the rest of India look more like that in Gujarat.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 04 Apr 2013 15:25

The way Modi is being projected by the media and sections of Intelligentsia. It seems to me that he is being set up to be huge failure. With the Die-nasty coming back (Post failure ) telling a dejected population, we told you so and promptly going back to loot and mis-governance.

sum · Post by **sum** » 04 Apr 2013 15:37

^^ +1.

Somehow getting the same sneaky feeling as you, saar.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 04 Apr 2013 15:42

^^^Aha. Started the anti-jinx mantra I see.... what's the worst that can happen - the current slow poisoning of the country? That's happening anyway. Why not dare to hope? We fanbois are smoking hopium, you may say but so be it.

Any case, the mere presence of a strong centre-right vertex helps pull polity a bit in the right direction rather than tilt wholesale socialist-left (where the C-system's natural tendencies lie).

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 04 Apr 2013 15:46

I am a supporter of Modi, but he can't cure our woes, especially with the International, Babu, NGO, Media , Judicary nexus which has built up over 65 years. He can't cure everything in 5 years. It will take atleast 15 years before the evils of the C system start collapsing.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 04 Apr 2013 16:09

Pratyush wrote:The way Modi is being projected by the media and sections of Intelligentsia. It seems to me that he is being set up to be huge failure. With the Die-nasty coming back (Post failure ) telling a dejected population, we told you so and promptly going back to loot and mis-governance.

I hope at least you believe that there is widespread resentment in the country . No one is happy across the spectrum. Right now that resentment is being chanelled through Modi. It is hope. IF Die-nasty comes back, that resentment will need other channels. And those channels are not going to be pleasant either for the nation or for the family - that much I am sure.

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 04 Apr 2013 16:16

An email I sent to a colleague who was horrified when I said I'm a Modi fan. She said how can you support this man, he did nothing to stop the riots!

To be fair to her, she said she hasn't read a lot and asked for time to read & then get into a debate with me. Meanwhile, I sent her this email. Might be useful for picking news sources, hence posting it here. Senior maulanas bliss examine & poke holes :

Dear XXX,

I have put together some stuff that you might want to read. I, in no way, want to influence your opinion and would urge you to read up over & above the links below.

To understand the sustained vilifying campaign against NaMo, we will have to go back to 1985 – Shah Bano case & how the Congress forever divided the country by effectively legalizing the separate civil code for Muslims. The directive principles of state policy, enshrined in our constitution dictate the state to establish a Uniform Civil Code – which should be the case for a modern democratic republic – but instead we now have separate civil codes for Muslims (separate again for Sunnis and Shias), Hindus & Sikhs, Christians & others. Out of which only Hindu/Sikh/Jain/Parsi personal laws were reformed to give equal rights to women for inheritance & other rights. Muslim laws are still governed by Sharia law & no rights to women are given since ‘reforming’ the law would be akin to ‘disrespecting’ the religious laws of Islam, it has been a hot potato for Congress ever since Independence.

Read up on Shah Bano case here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Bano_case

Second major incident is which happened in 1992 : the Babri masjid demolition. Now, a lot of young people today believe that the Babri demolition was an act of terror & is a despicable example of an evil Hindu majority terrorizing the hapless Muslim minority. Nothing but utter lies peddled by the pseudo secular, leftist English Media. These fellows got a smashing slap delivered to their faces when the Allahabad High Court ruled in favor of the defendants i.e. the Hindus. Please do read the summary of the judgment here :
http://www.rjbm.nic.in/dv1.pdf

The most interesting take away from the judgment is that the High Court strips naked leftist liberals like Ramachandra Guha, Romila Thapar & others of their ilk who call themselves ‘Historians’. Whereas the ASI evidence clearly establishes the existence of a sprawling magnificent temple beneath the mosque through ground penetrating radars & sensors, the liberal historians to this date deny this fact. What are their motivations? It has been proved beyond doubt that a Ram temple existed at the site prior to the temple being destructed & a mosque being constructed on top of it by Babur. However, you will find leftist media still trying to whitewash established conclusions & history. Similar to what they do when they glorify Mughals – Akbar is shown as an epitome of Secularism, Jehangir & Shah Jahan are shown as art loving & benign, Aurangzeb is shown as a fierce warrior. The fact is that during Islamic rule, around 60-80 million Hindus were murdered in India over 800 years. A fact that is glossed over by the Indian media & ‘intellectuals’ and the mere mention of which will get you tagged as a communal Hindutva-wadi.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/21franc.htm
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/11/09/hi ... ther-name/
http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/national/big ... ed-history

There is a reason why you will never find a temple older than 200-300 years in North India while there are plenty of 1000 year old temples in the South. Guess which region was under Islamic rule for most of the time. Do read up on the Mathura-Kashi temples, the Gyanvapi Mosque and the Krishna Janambhoomi :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyanvapi_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesava_Deo_Temple

Liberals are cultural Marxists. In every country, cultural Marxism is hostile to the majority culture, in our case Hinduism. They ally with anything that is anti-Hindu to make their case. Romila Thapar, Ramachandra Guha and the likes fall into this category. It should come as no surprise that both of them supported the Aryan Invasion Theory – developed by the British to divide North & South India – a theory that now lies in the dustbin through DNA & gene mapping. Despite that, these ‘eminent historians’ took quite some time for grudgingly accepting that their beloved AIT was demolished.

http://folks.co.in/blog/2010/10/08/why- ... a-verdict/
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2009/03/23/romila-thapars-bs/

Coming back to the present, with the background now established which tell us that :

1. Talking of Hindu interests in this country is blasphemy
2. Muslims must be appeased at all costs
3. Leftist liberals are cultural Marxists & increasingly anti-Hindu

In 2002, 65 people died in Godhra. How? A lot of articles like these (PS - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 )would say “Hindu pilgrims died in a train fire”. Train fire? Did the train ignite itself? And why did the people did not run out? But no explanations will be given. You will also find that these articles will also use arbitrary numbers – “more than 2000 Muslims died in the resulting riots”. The actual figure is 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus, not counting the 65 Hindus killed in the fire. These figures are from the Central government – a Congress ruled government.

In the Godhra train burning case & subsequent riots, there have been Congress members & corporators (Haji Bilal) who were found guilty & escaped to Pakistan :

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/1 ... 500325.ece
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/godhr ... r-20-88566
http://www.ibtl.in/column/1244/who-star ... st-3-days/
http://frrole.com/o/haji-bilal-convicte ... -new-delhi
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/godhr ... tted-86991

Despite a court of law convicting people for putting the train on fire, the media behaves as if this never happened!

And mind you, this was at a time when Operation Parakram was underway and India was at high tension with Pakistan with our armies amassed at the border. It could have well been an internal sabotage through Congress to take the wind off the NDA’s military initiative. Food for thought?

The media would also like you to believe that no communal riot ever took place before 2002 and these riots were by far the most bloody ones. Lies, lies, lies.

Here is a list of communal riots that took place in Gujarat before Modi, bet nobody ever heard of them despite several of these being more fierce than the 2002 riots :

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?217988

Here is a short list of riots that happened under Congress’ rule, conveniently forgotten by media & activists alike. Mind you, till date there has been absolutely no justice in these riots whereas over 40 people have been convicted (including an ex-State Minister Maya Kodnani) for the Gujarat riots, indicating the kind of seriousness & freedom the Law operates under Modi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Assam_violence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Bhagalpur_violence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_anti-Sikh_riots

Here is what Rajiv Gandhi said during the Sikh riots :
http://tehelka.com/when-a-big-tree-fall ... th-shakes/

But no Media person will ever make him an evil incarnate as they portray Modi to be.

Let’s look at Modi. Here is a short biography by India TV :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHL68_m ... Q&index=16

And this gives out the truth on why the Divas & Hunks of our Media are grossed out by Narendra Modi – Class. It is a class war out there. And Modi is not one of them – he is an outsider. He has a humble background, used to sell tea on the roadside, can’t speak English in a clipped Brit accent, is unapologetic about his Hindu roots, he doesn’t bend over backwards for the English speaking elites & neither is he willing to appease the US/UK/Foreign Powers. That’s the problem these guys have with him – how dare he ascend to the top on his own? How dare he defy the standards we have created for the establishment?

You see our top media anchors – all of them hob nob with the top leaders – all with clipped English accents – all parts of the ‘Establishment’. All complying Media persons & activists are given an ambassador with a red beacon through one of the thousands of official postings at the discretion of the central government & the awards. Check this out :

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-new ... 82040.aspx
Activist Shabnam Hashmi was on 5 government panels. Why? Your guess is as good as mine.

Journalists Rajdeep Sardesai & Barkha Dutt got Padma Shri. Why? Despite the Radia Tapes Scandal!!
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/116 ... media.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tran ... 20439.html

I would further suggest you go on YouTube & listen to the Radia tapes yourself for more clarity.

Modi is a clean & capable administrator. He doesn’t believe in tokenism & appeasement. He himself says ‘Justice to all, appeasement to none’ and that his idea of secularism is ‘India First’. Please do listen to his speeches at SRCC and India Today Conclave 13, will warm your heart that an Indian politician can make so much sense.

There is a small scale cottage industry that runs on anti-Modi campaigns, funded by Congress & Islamists. Take the example of Teesta Setlavad, her story of ‘[GRAPHIC]how a Muslim pregnant woman was murdered, her womb ripped out & fetus dangled on a sword(remove black highlight to see) [/GRAPHIC] was found fake & fabricated by the Supreme Court’s SIT and she is currently being tried for Perjury as well as for minting money on the name of riot victims :

http://zeenews.india.com/news/gujarat/t ... 32249.html
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/guj-r ... ry/699232/
http://www.mediacrooks.com/2012/02/hast ... V1V1qJTCSo

The same people cannot digest if a Muslim leader appreciates Modi’s good work :

Praising Modi's work puts Vastanvi in trouble : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lznyMCOsWpw
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-modi ... nvi/821834
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes ... -azam-khan

However, the absolute truth is that Modi has never been accused of or charged of any wrong doings despite being at the receiving end of the most vicious attack at a democratically elected leader ever in the history of India sustained for over a decade. The kind of scrutiny this man has undergone for the last decade, nobody else can, has or could. The Supreme Court of India has given him a clean chit, the SIT has given him a clean chit & so have the people of Gujarat who have voted for him every time they were given the chance to.

Let’s look at the development work Modi has done :

http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1685
http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1688
http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1687
http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1689

All the above are a part of a ‘Modinama’ series by senior journalist Madhu Kishwar with accounts from Zafar Sareshwala, a leader of the Muslim community in Gujarat.

Above all, he has ensured 11 years of peace in a state where communal riots were dime a dozen every year. Gujarat is the only state in India where you have 24 hour power & running water supply to villages (it is a power surplus state), 100% connectivity to villages through pucca roads, safety for women, 100% school enrolment every year for both girl child & boys, less than 2% drop out rate, cut down malnutrition percentage to half since 2002, raised the ground water table by more than 6 meters! Things that were never thought possible, but are happening in Gujarat. Gujarat is now a power surplus state & generates more than 2/3 of India’s total solar power. Modi’s government has almost destroyed corruption & his e-governance schemes have won UN Public Service Awards!

There’s so much more I can write about Modi but it would best if you, with an open mind & no biases, read that yourself on the internet & elsewhere.

PS :
1 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19407100
2 - http://tehelka.com/the-modi-card-and-th ... nglepage=1
3 - http://www.economist.com/node/21563644
4 - http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/ ... ai-po-che/
5 - http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/yo ... omic-forum

Edited : Added links lost in copying.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 04 Apr 2013 16:42

Chandragupta, if she is not the type to vote, dont waste your time.

Atri · Post by **Atri** » 04 Apr 2013 16:43

Good compilation of links, though.. Thanks..

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 04 Apr 2013 16:55

Aditya_V wrote:Chandragupta, if she is not the type to vote, dont waste your time.

I hope to first convert her & then scare her into voting. Let's see how it works. Typical DU studied, MBA types, high flying yuppie with a large yuppy group. Like a wolf, I'm eyeing her entire yuppy group for conversion.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 04 Apr 2013 16:58

^^^

May you reap their souls and save them from eternal damnation.

member_22539 · Post by **member_22539** » 04 Apr 2013 17:14

Mr. Chandragupta, do mind if I send this as an email to some of my friends?

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 04 Apr 2013 17:15

Arun Menon wrote:Mr. Chandragupta, do mind if I send this as an email to some of my friends?

There is a reason why I posted it here. Please use this & convert more & more.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 04 Apr 2013 17:18

Hari Seldon wrote: I see, so while amul baby talsk to the men, apna sher has to make do talking to the wopmen's wing. But, never worry, it is women who are the backbone of any society and of any impending change....

OK, he is going to talk women. That is great! This is one of the key constituencies.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 04 Apr 2013 17:22

Arjun wrote:Wall Street Journal India gets it right this time: Rahul Gandhi Speech Hits Some Dud Notes

Mr. Gandhi took two questions from the floor – something he rarely does – but his meandering answers did little to provide solutions.

One participant asked a question about water usage in India. Mr. Gandhi used this as a launch-pad to talk about the complexity of India and how businessmen should “embrace” this – supposedly rather than complaining about unclear rules and a venal bureaucracy.

At one point, Mr. Gandhi re-enacted an encounter he had with the secretary of China’s prime minister (whom he didn’t name).

Mr. Gandhi dragged a participant on to stage to play the part of the secretary. He squeezed the man’s hand – as he said he had done to the Chinese official – telling him this is how China applies pressure to get things done.

Then he hugged the man in an embrace – again a re-enactment – to show India’s softer approach.

“Boss, our environment is not simple, we cannot give you simple answers,” he said he told the Chinese secretary. “There is no complexity in China.”

This was clearly pre-planned theater aimed to show Mr. Gandhi’s lighter side. But it was also unintentionally comic.
Hilarious.....

On Twitter, reaction to the speech was mixed. The hashtag #PappuCII was trending after the speech. “Pappu” is a Hindi word that means a naïve person and CII refers to the organization that hosted the speech.

I think this answer was scripted irrespective of the question. Buddu would have answered (enacted the same scene) even if the question was about Toilets

S.TN-vasis: did you find your PM candidate who can take all kinds of people together and build alliances?

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 04 Apr 2013 17:25

Chandragupta wrote: I hope to first convert her & then scare her into voting. Let's see how it works. Typical DU studied, MBA types, high flying yuppie with a large yuppy group. Like a wolf, I'm eyeing her entire yuppy group for conversion.

+108. Noble project. All the best.

Every vote counts. More than that every perception counts.

anmol · Post by **anmol** » 04 Apr 2013 17:42

HELP:

@sarkar_swati: Can someone try out the rate the speaker at http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rate- ... ing-349964 Unable 2 place the ptr to 1, it automatically slides to 5 or 10 #Serious

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 04 Apr 2013 17:44

anmol wrote:HELP:

@sarkar_swati: Can someone try out the rate the speaker at http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rate- ... ing-349964 Unable 2 place the ptr to 1, it automatically slides to 5 or 10 #Serious

Works alright to me. Why would they do such a juvenile thing anyway, they can simply add 100,000 votes at rating 8 from the backend, can't they?

@ Ramay : Thanks saar..Every vote / opinion counts.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 04 Apr 2013 17:48

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called the speech confused, while the top trending topic on Twitter in India while Gandhi was speaking was #PappuCII. Pappu is a derogatory colloquial Hindi word meaning "dumb kid".

http://reut.rs/17euHoF

anmol · Post by **anmol** » 04 Apr 2013 17:49

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 04 Apr 2013 17:55

Am disappointed with the Gujarat Lokayukta Act. The Lokauykta should be appointed by the judiciary and not politicians.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 04 Apr 2013 18:02

"Rani Ki Jhansi"

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 04 Apr 2013 18:18

geeth · Post by **geeth** » 04 Apr 2013 18:25

""Am disappointed with the Gujarat Lokayukta Act. The Lokauykta should be appointed by the judiciary and not politicians.""

move on man..The previous Lokayukta had council of Ministers recommendation to be vetted by Chief Justice and signed by Governor. Now you have the speaker, Opposition leader, Justice and all sorts of people in it. What is the crib?

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 04 Apr 2013 18:48

The peeve is to keep politicians out of the loop. Otherwise it will be another CBI.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 04 Apr 2013 19:00

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 04 Apr 2013 19:02

Supratik wrote:The peeve is to keep politicians out of the loop. Otherwise it will be another CBI.

What's the guarantee that non-politicians will not be corrupt?

anmol · Post by **anmol** » 04 Apr 2013 19:15

^ That, BTW don't politicians appoint the judiciary ?

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 04 Apr 2013 19:17

Is this the first election that is firmly trending towards a presidential style election - even if baba and NM are a bit coy and havent come out yet? It think it is good in itself. I am tired of this third front and refional parties.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 04 Apr 2013 19:19

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 04 Apr 2013 19:23

Chandragupta, Good effort. Hope it convinces the person.

BTW, the Teesta Setalvad womb ripping story is an Ismalist meme from ealry days of Muhaamed and his mauruders.

I will get you the link.
My contention is that lie is included to evoke memories of early Islam and make all the folks nod their heads in unison that such brutality is possible.

I also would like a similar comprhesive effort on the Jaffery incident.
- His background
- How many were killed at his house
- Did he shelter the train burners?

fanne · Post by **fanne** » 04 Apr 2013 19:54

Pappu's answer remind me of a real life incident. It was few years ago, I had a distant nephew, then 2 years old. I had gone to see his family. Anyway, the dad of the kid (dad is my age), called my 2 year nephew and said to me that this kid is prodigy. At this age he can answer very complex questions. I was intrigued and asked for a demonstration. My co-brother then asked his son, what is 1 +1, promptly the two year nephew said, tu (two). I was impressed. But then I thought, gosh these parents are really pushing there kids to learn so early, maybe he learned basic maths. Then the next question was how much is 5-3, promptly the answer came 2. I said to myself now subtraction is hard, this kid is something, maybe his parents are not wrong in pushing him. Next question was what is 1008-1006, that also the kid answered right 2. Next question was what is 1 squared + 1 squared, that also was answered right, 2, even the next one 2 squared minus 2, which is 2. It went further on into calculus as well, he always gave the right answer of 2.

Now that reminds me of Rahul baba - How do you solve the water problem in India, or malnutrition, or pollution or low economic growth or high pollution growth or corruption - Answer India is a complex country, don't expect govt to solve it, you should do your bit/ (or the second answer where he would have called someone on stage and demoed how China and India solve problems.

I wonder if the question was Rahul baba when you are having kids, what his answer would be?
rgds,
fanne

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 04 Apr 2013 19:58

^^India is a complex country.
Mama doesn't approve of non-Aryan brides.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 04 Apr 2013 20:03

Gus wrote:Is this the first election that is firmly trending towards a presidential style election - even if baba and NM are a bit coy and havent come out yet? It think it is good in itself. I am tired of this third front and refional parties.

Actually it is bad, India will be held hostage by two parties - or two individuals. Regional parties will push and pull policies of the so-called National parties. National parties should widen their base in the regions. Why are they not able to do so? An idea can be beaten by better ideas, so if the regional parties are dishing out bad ideas, then it forces National parties to come up with better ideas and policies. Selecting policies and a set of ideas - called the system/party is what ultimately matters to any country.

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 04 Apr 2013 20:05

fanne wrote:Pappu's answer remind me of a real life incident. It was few years ago, I had a distant nephew, then 2 years old. I had gone to see his family. Anyway, the dad of the kid (dad is my age), called my 2 year nephew and said to me that this kid is prodigy. At this age he can answer very complex questions. I was intrigued and asked for a demonstration. My co-brother then asked his son, what is 1 +1, promptly the two year nephew said, tu (two). I was impressed. But then I thought, gosh these parents are really pushing there kids to learn so early, maybe he learned basic maths. Then the next question was how much is 5-3, promptly the answer came 2. I said to myself now subtraction is hard, this kid is something, maybe his parents are not wrong in pushing him. Next question was what is 1008-1006, that also the kid answered right 2. Next question was what is 1 squared + 1 squared, that also was answered right, 2, even the next one 2 squared minus 2, which is 2. It went further on into calculus as well, he always gave the right answer of 2.

Now that reminds me of Rahul baba - How do you solve the water problem in India, or malnutrition, or pollution or low economic growth or high pollution growth or corruption - Answer India is a complex country, don't expect govt to solve it, you should do your bit/ (or the second answer where he would have called someone on stage and demoed how China and India solve problems.

I wonder if the question was Rahul baba when you are having kids, what his answer would be?
rgds,
fanne

Remember COW essay joke as a kid!

Write an essay on movie: Movie have posters on walls. some time movie posters are eaten by cows. Cow is a scared animal....Cow blah blah.

Write an essay on parents: Parents give milk for us drink. Milk comes from cows. Cow is a scared animal....Cow blah blah.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 04 Apr 2013 20:06

R. Jagannathan, who has written plenty of articles against INC, is impressed with Rahul's performance. http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-r ... 85660.html

The Rahul you didn’t know existed: How he floored the CII
by R Jagannathan Apr 4, 2013

For the first time ever, Rahul Gandhi made an impression with those who count – the people of India Inc. For the first time ever, he was cogent and gave us an insight into how he thought of the country and its problems.

He may not have a clear answer, or even a workable solution, but he did have a clear view on how India works or doesn’t. The big statement he made was a simple one: We are not an elephant. “We are a beehive.” He got a well-deserved standing ovation for his views at the Confederation of Indian Industry in Delhi today.

In comparing India with China, and why India does not seem to work as efficiently as its biggest neighbour, Gandhi said India was not really a top-down economy. It fizzes from below. It is a buzzing beehive and the beehive has its own power, its own complexity. And our solutions lie in realising our strength as a beehive.

A beehive’s power comes from its ability to act collectively by giving each member of the hive a voice and a chance to do his or her thing. This is where the state has failed, where the system is jamming things up.

The beehive concept is eerily close to the Varna system, no? Of course the 800lb gorilla in the beehive analogy is the "Queen bee"