Credit goes to NDA for introducing Indians to the concept of governance based on a minimum agenda agreed between political parties of extreme diversity. There are many vested interests in keeping India as a land of diversity and evolving a stable system of government based on certain minimum agreements becomes a bare necessity then. The methodology of minimum agenda was always an option and the able leadership of NDA could succeed in making it practical and workable during their tenure. The experiment was definitely a pioneering one and, as could be expected, contained its own shortfalls & highlights. Perhaps India would never had had a chance to become a recognised nuclear power but for the historic opportunity utilised by NDA. It is almost certain that no other combination or conglomeration of political parties could have mustered enough guts to overcome external pressure to detonate a nuclear test bomb. Even opponents of our nuclear policy would concede in private that India became a modern nation to be noticed on world stage only after the test blast. It is one thing to be accepted as the oldest surviving civilisation in the world but to be counted as a modern nation is what is urgently required to succeed in the future.
After NDA, the second experiment in minimum agenda is ongoing and by all indications will complete the term thanks to the power glue that holds together any coalition and an opposition in shambles. But it is time for us to think about modifications required in the coming experiments. Putting together a minimum agenda based on discussions among similar parties is no doubt democratic, but making it mandatory in a definite time frame will be the best we can think of. Any minimum agenda put together by the next coalition that comes to power must be mandated for implementation in the next five years. The next Opposition should offer no objection to a pre-declared and mandated agenda that had won the legal and legitimate recognition of majority. Opposition may oppose only the wrongness, if any, in the method of implementation. Independence for India from British Raj opened up the future of many other nations in the world. In a similar way, India can present an ideal democratic model only if we are successful with such a coalition government implementing a mandated minimum agenda within its term.
Indian republic is now 50 years old and following five are the bare minimum that should find a place in the minimum agenda for the mandate to be implemented in five years :-
Drinking Water & Minimum Food for Sustenance
It is a shame for any nation in the twenty-first century not to have provided drinking water facilities for all its citizens at least within 100 metres of each and everyone’s residence. No reason is acceptable even if they are genuine. Potable water, even if it is rationed, must be made available to each and every citizen of India within five years of coming to power with a mandated minimum agenda. There should be a built-in insurance scheme whereby government agencies are liable to pay compensation if they are unable to provide potable water to any. Same must be the case with minimum food for sustenance for all those who have registered their inability to provide food for themselves. With the elaborate hierarchy available under the Panchayat Raj system it is not impossible to ascertain the genuineness of any such application for food. But all cases must be constantly reviewed and reappraised every six months.
Minimum Land and Shelter
Land reforms form the core of legislation in any progressive society and it is long overdue as an all-India policy. Every citizen of the country is eligible for a minimum piece of land and it should be non-transferable. The next government with a mandated minimum agenda must take steps to identify all citizens of India without any piece of land or building in his or her name, whether he/she is an Adivasi living in forest land or a villager in some remote village or an urban in Nariman point. All such people should be assigned at least 5 cents of non-transferable land in the nearest available location at no cost. Ownership of any such assigned but unused land must lapse with the death of the individual. But if he/she has made any construction it can pass on to his/her legal heir. This identification process must be a standing arrangement and must ensure that each and every citizen of the country has at least 5 cents of non-transferable land in his or her name somewhere in the motherland. The allocation process can be automated and randomised within specified parameters so that scope for manipulation is eliminated.
Primary Education
Primary education is another minimum requirement for anyone to survive in the new era. Right to information could have waited but right to education cannot wait any further. Just like potable water, primary schooling facilities must be freely available for all citizens within one or two kilometres. Whether it is in the government or private sector, primary education must be free and compulsory for one and all. The schools must not only teach but should also provide all students with uniform clothes, books and other education materials, free of cost. There must be no excuse, other than medical, for anyone for not going to school till the age of 15. And the type of compulsory education must be truly secular and no substitute religious schooling must be acceptable. This is the one and only way to ensure the secular nature of Indian nation is sustained.
Spending on Agriculture
India has an agrarian background and shall ever remain so. This land having the oldest surviving civilisation in the world can exist only on an agrarian background. It will not be an error in any sense to state that agriculture is our culture. The mandated minimum agenda must contain a minimum ceiling on the percentage of national GDP to be spent on agriculture and related matters. This can include the welfare measures for true agriculturists, research & development in agriculture and price support mechanisms to ensure minimum guaranteed returns for those engaged in agriculture. At any point of time and by any estimates, at least 50% of our population is involved in agriculture and a minimum ceiling of 25% of our GDP to be spent on agriculture is not at all unreasonable.
Cultural Renewal
Last but not the least, any minimum agenda must include measures to sustain our nationhood. And it is time that all Indians realised the simple fact it is not religious or economic or military or geographic factors that has sustained the oldest surviving civilisation. It is only our cultural affinity that has held us together at all times. But for that, British Raj or any other conquerors could have easily split our nation into another Europe or Africa. The most visible and important surviving symbol of our culture is the Sanskrit language. If we do not take care and rekindle Sanskrit language into its past glory, Indians will lapse into history as the biggest fools who were searching vainly for a gram of iron and copper when tons of gold were idling in their own backyard. The amount of knowledge and wisdom embedded in Sanskrit literature is so huge that we are doing great disservice to our own future generations if we are not giving them exposure to the language. Sanskrit language must be a compulsory part of primary education of all Indians.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
RAMANAUT – Indian Astronaut
India’s expedition to Moon, Chandrayaan, will become a reality by 2007 and most probably it will be an unmanned mission. The next logical step in the same direction will be our manned mission to the moon. Americans christened their spacemen as Astronauts and Russians tagged them as Cosmonauts. I wonder what China calls their spacemen. But when it comes to India, can we think of anything better than Ramanauts? Apparently it might look like an attempt to saffronise (which is now a bad word in India) the whole issue. But it is definitely not that. The word we choose is very important because it will directly relate to our national ethos. The name should reflect the trait of adventurism we had in our blood thousands of years ago, but sadly missing in the last few centuries. All foreign masters have taken advantage of this major shortfall in our mental make-up to break our national unity and rule over us. This is an opportunity to redeem our pride.
Chandrayaan in the twenty first century is equivalent to crossing the sea in treta yuga (before 5000BC). Our ancient seers revered nature and considered everything in it as manifestations of the Almighty. To make ordinary mortals understand and respect this noble concept, all major forces of nature were considered as Gods. In this regard, Sea was also considered as one of our Gods and crossing it came to be considered as a sin. There were no compelling reasons to cross the sea because India and Indians have never been interested in conquering foreign lands or in harvesting souls. But we have always ruled over the minds of people by our power of knowledge and wisdom. I am reminded of the words of Hu Shih (1891-1962), a Chinese philosopher diplomat, who said “India conquered and dominated China culturally for two thousand years without ever having to send a single soldier across her border”.
But all this logic changed when a king’s wife was kidnapped by a demon. An ideal king who is also an ideal human being had to show the world how to be virtuous and do one’s duties in trying times. Whatever obstacles that comes in the way will have to be crossed and she has to be rescued at any cost. For those Indians who are denigrating Ramayan as a mythological story, the question remains as to why Lord Ram took all these troubles to cross the sea when he could have transmigrated to Lanka and saved Sita. Instead, what he attempted was a heroic project of immense proportions at that age, the remains of which are being swept clean by the Sethusamudram ship canal project now. If Lord Ram’s adventurous trip to Lanka was to demonstrate to us the inevitable victory of righteousness, Chandrayaan is meant for harnessing unknown frontiers for our common benefit. Both are for the benefit of common man in India.
In short, it is in the best interests of all Indians that we immortalise the Lord’s heroic attempt by naming our own astronaut as Ramanaut. Let the first Indian to walk on the moon be a Ramanaut. That is the best way to show the world our eternal preference for adventure for the sake of upholding righteousness. Chadrayaan will show the world that Indians too can reach the moon and by naming them as Ramanauts we shall signal the world our reverence for national heroes who had the guts to do the impossible when morality was at stake.
Chandrayaan in the twenty first century is equivalent to crossing the sea in treta yuga (before 5000BC). Our ancient seers revered nature and considered everything in it as manifestations of the Almighty. To make ordinary mortals understand and respect this noble concept, all major forces of nature were considered as Gods. In this regard, Sea was also considered as one of our Gods and crossing it came to be considered as a sin. There were no compelling reasons to cross the sea because India and Indians have never been interested in conquering foreign lands or in harvesting souls. But we have always ruled over the minds of people by our power of knowledge and wisdom. I am reminded of the words of Hu Shih (1891-1962), a Chinese philosopher diplomat, who said “India conquered and dominated China culturally for two thousand years without ever having to send a single soldier across her border”.
But all this logic changed when a king’s wife was kidnapped by a demon. An ideal king who is also an ideal human being had to show the world how to be virtuous and do one’s duties in trying times. Whatever obstacles that comes in the way will have to be crossed and she has to be rescued at any cost. For those Indians who are denigrating Ramayan as a mythological story, the question remains as to why Lord Ram took all these troubles to cross the sea when he could have transmigrated to Lanka and saved Sita. Instead, what he attempted was a heroic project of immense proportions at that age, the remains of which are being swept clean by the Sethusamudram ship canal project now. If Lord Ram’s adventurous trip to Lanka was to demonstrate to us the inevitable victory of righteousness, Chandrayaan is meant for harnessing unknown frontiers for our common benefit. Both are for the benefit of common man in India.
In short, it is in the best interests of all Indians that we immortalise the Lord’s heroic attempt by naming our own astronaut as Ramanaut. Let the first Indian to walk on the moon be a Ramanaut. That is the best way to show the world our eternal preference for adventure for the sake of upholding righteousness. Chadrayaan will show the world that Indians too can reach the moon and by naming them as Ramanauts we shall signal the world our reverence for national heroes who had the guts to do the impossible when morality was at stake.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
SOCIAL ROCKETRY
Rockets are vehicles for delivery of useful or destructive payloads to pre-determined destinations and they invariably get destroyed in the process. In a very limited sense they are almost like the suicide bombers who sacrifice their lives for the ‘success’ of some others’ objectives, which they are brainwashed to believe in. Rocketry relates to the technology of rockets and we can define ‘social rocketry’ as the art (or science) of using someone to achieve the objective of someone else. Such objectives can be purely selfish or for a community or even for the success of an ideology. Skilful use of social rocketry is fast developing as a desirable trait among aspiring leaders in every nation and community. Using others has always been a familiar ploy in history but some people becoming voluntary vehicle for others is a new phenomenon. The amount of sophistication involved becomes very clear when we note (with concern) the fact that many of those who become ‘rockets’ are neither uneducated nor ordinary mortals. Social rocketry is taking its toll and even the infallible are succumbing to its latest techniques.
Food chain and social linkages are inalienable facets of our existence. None of us alive can survive of our own in this universe. We are all dependent on others and we need other species to survive to ensure our own survival. The underlying logic of any conservation measure is essentially selfish and we are just ensuring that we or our own species survive in the long run. But the interdependency required in all such natural phenomena is mutual and respect for each other facilitates the survival process. It is quite different in the case of social rocketry. Just like a rocket which is created for delivering a warhead or a satellite, the individual(s) or ideology is got ready for the purpose. There is no request, approval or understanding involved in this. The social vehicle which will get destroyed in the exercise is trapped into use without any scruples.
By Individuals
Individuals who are adept in social rocketry are also called climbers. They use others to get what they want. Seldom do they care about what happens to the ‘social rockets’ they use. For achieving their own legitimate or illegitimate goals, they destroy the lives and careers of many others. To a very great extent the political phenomenon of ‘sonrise’ prevalent in the Indian Sub-continent involves very sophisticated use of social rocketry. Many of the rockets used here are volunteers obliged to the Family for one reason or another. The importance of relationships and obligations are too strong in the Sub-continent and hence we find the instances of ‘sonrise’ also high here. It is very difficult to find such obligations and kinship among the Europeans and Americans. For them, merit and expertise become the determining factors and that is what is giving an upper hand to the professionals from these areas. So many undeserving candidates are launched onto the ruling stage by social rocketry in India that we find the complete lack of commitment and expertise at the very top.
By Ideologies
Much more dangerous is the social rocketry involving ideologies. The classic example in our times is the use of Communist ideology by various religious ideologies to establish themselves in many countries. Liberation theology and Brotherhoods, which claim to stress on equality and socialism, are all indulging in social rocketry by using Communism as their vehicle to capture power. Communism being inherently weak and incomplete becomes a natural choice for these poaching ideological variants. The proponents of such mutated religious ideologies are so clever that they easily trap many declining communists to become their ‘suicide bombers’ for propagation. Only a very few of them will even survive to realise that they have been used. It would be malapropos to name the individuals and organisations, but many of the erstwhile Naxal movements, terrorist groups and farmers’ organisations becoming active proselytisation agencies in India are classic examples of this.
In olden days, we used to have only one-time-use rockets. But with the development of technology, we now have rocket casings that be used again and again by refuelling. The same concept is reflected in the field of social rocketry also. The leftist ideologies are classic examples of this concept of reuse. Communism and communists have become vehicles for the launch of many ideological variants which are weak on their own. Deadly warheads for mankind are repeatedly carried by these leftist rockets in the undeveloped world where Communism once flourished on widespread poverty. Now it has become the preferred material of construction in reusable social rocketry.
Food chain and social linkages are inalienable facets of our existence. None of us alive can survive of our own in this universe. We are all dependent on others and we need other species to survive to ensure our own survival. The underlying logic of any conservation measure is essentially selfish and we are just ensuring that we or our own species survive in the long run. But the interdependency required in all such natural phenomena is mutual and respect for each other facilitates the survival process. It is quite different in the case of social rocketry. Just like a rocket which is created for delivering a warhead or a satellite, the individual(s) or ideology is got ready for the purpose. There is no request, approval or understanding involved in this. The social vehicle which will get destroyed in the exercise is trapped into use without any scruples.
By Individuals
Individuals who are adept in social rocketry are also called climbers. They use others to get what they want. Seldom do they care about what happens to the ‘social rockets’ they use. For achieving their own legitimate or illegitimate goals, they destroy the lives and careers of many others. To a very great extent the political phenomenon of ‘sonrise’ prevalent in the Indian Sub-continent involves very sophisticated use of social rocketry. Many of the rockets used here are volunteers obliged to the Family for one reason or another. The importance of relationships and obligations are too strong in the Sub-continent and hence we find the instances of ‘sonrise’ also high here. It is very difficult to find such obligations and kinship among the Europeans and Americans. For them, merit and expertise become the determining factors and that is what is giving an upper hand to the professionals from these areas. So many undeserving candidates are launched onto the ruling stage by social rocketry in India that we find the complete lack of commitment and expertise at the very top.
By Ideologies
Much more dangerous is the social rocketry involving ideologies. The classic example in our times is the use of Communist ideology by various religious ideologies to establish themselves in many countries. Liberation theology and Brotherhoods, which claim to stress on equality and socialism, are all indulging in social rocketry by using Communism as their vehicle to capture power. Communism being inherently weak and incomplete becomes a natural choice for these poaching ideological variants. The proponents of such mutated religious ideologies are so clever that they easily trap many declining communists to become their ‘suicide bombers’ for propagation. Only a very few of them will even survive to realise that they have been used. It would be malapropos to name the individuals and organisations, but many of the erstwhile Naxal movements, terrorist groups and farmers’ organisations becoming active proselytisation agencies in India are classic examples of this.
In olden days, we used to have only one-time-use rockets. But with the development of technology, we now have rocket casings that be used again and again by refuelling. The same concept is reflected in the field of social rocketry also. The leftist ideologies are classic examples of this concept of reuse. Communism and communists have become vehicles for the launch of many ideological variants which are weak on their own. Deadly warheads for mankind are repeatedly carried by these leftist rockets in the undeveloped world where Communism once flourished on widespread poverty. Now it has become the preferred material of construction in reusable social rocketry.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Parallel College for Parapolitics
It was after successful conclusion of Indo-US Nuclear Treaty that the two major democracies started looking for areas of further co-operation in strategic areas. Next to energy, it is freedom that fuels the lives of common man in India and USA. So it was not surprising when there was general consensus on establishing a training institute for politicians, who are the real ‘movers and shakers’ of democracy. And the natural choice for its location was Kerala, where the impossible had happened viz. the world’s first democratically elected Communist government came into power in 1957 under the leadership of EMS. Given the socio-economic and political realities of present-day Kerala, what followed was not unexpected but very interesting. Let us a take a close look at the events that followed and the initial shape of this pioneering institute.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the incumbent government was left oriented and an open co-operation with US government was simply out of question. As expected there were several objections and the politburo met several times every day to sort out issues followed by the state committee, liaison committee, subject committee, all party joint committee, cabinet sub-committee, cabinet and finally the marathon session of the State Assembly. The joint unanimous declaration categorically ruled out an institute under government sector. Also ruled out was a normal college and anything to do with normal politics. But the pudding on top of the cake at stake was too tempting for all parties and it was decided to go in for a Self Financing version of the same in the parallel sector. The institute was thus born under the lengthy name of Indo-US Self Financing Parallel College for Parapolitics (ISFPCP), ‘para’College for short. The Americans were naturally intrigued by the two terms ‘parallel college’ and ‘parapolitics’. But the NRIs and NRKs, who knows their job well, could convince them in no time. An international institution for normal politics will be out of place in a place like Kerala and so it was decided to go in for parapolitics. And someone in US had rightly defined ‘parapolitics as system or practice of politics in which accountability is consciously diminished’.
Since it was an all-party affair, there was not much of a problem in setting up a 151 member Senate for the institute, comprising of 50 from USA, 50 from UDF (United Democratic Front) and 50 from LDF (Left Democratic Front) with a lone seat set aside for the yet-to-be-born TDF (Third Democratic Front). But finalization of departmental structure and curriculum was not as easy. There were several ideas, suggestions, requests and demands put forth by the various parties and groups within parties. Ideologies and personalities from India and USA clashed, and finally it was decided to start the ‘para’College with just four schools. The real surprise came when it was time for finding the right Directors for these schools. Keralites could snatch all the four was a testimony of their expertise in the various sections of parapolitics.
School of Corruption
Quite contrary to the expectations of general public, there was little contest when the question of directorship for the all important School of Corruption came up. Mr. Bandicoot was the undisputed claimant and choice from Indian side. His record in partiality while holding an impartial post, duty evasion when in charge of enforcing the same and bar licensing when implementing a liquor ban were legendary feats in the political circles. Many of the elders considered him as a guru of corruption. And the Americans too were impressed when they heard about his impressive credentials. The alleged connections between their own Dick and Halliburton in Iraq were nothing in front of Bandicoot’s achievements. School of Corruption in the ‘para’College could not have asked for anything better. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination and hoped that the director would train more and more young politicians from India and US in the difficult and dying art of corruption.
School of Doublespeak
The art (or science) of doublespeak was an important element of parapolitics and it can be ignored only at their own peril by any ambitious politicians. It is like being empathetic with the hunted and hunting for the hunter. All those with vote should feel that he is with them and yet he should work his own agenda when elected. The mantle of Doublespeak directorship was just made for one of the longest serving members of the State Assembly. Mr. Encroacher could not only deceive all the members of his constituency for all the time but could successfully allocate land for his own men while steadfastly swearing to protect government land and forest land. Americans who grew up seeing movies like ‘How the West Was Won’ were flabbergasted by the achievements of Encroacher in winning the Malabar region by silent and manipulated migration of his own townsmen. He could deny anything in the Assembly under oath and do exactly the opposite while distributing government land. The entire senate stood up in grand ovation when the living Saint of Doublespeak came on stage.
School of Minoritism
Americans had heard of ‘majoritism’ but were quite taken aback by the importance given to ‘minoritism’ in an international school for democracy. It was quite enlightening for them to know that ‘minoritism’ not only wins elections but can hijack power in a democracy. There was no scope for another claimant for the directorship than Mr. Secular from Kerala. He is a second generation theoretician in this dying art and had even authored a book on what is secularism. In simple terms it is redefining the Western concept of Secularism so as to suppress all attempts of the majority to come together for any purpose whatsoever. Those in minority should be treated as equal and at the same time protected by means of special privileges. Thus all citizens are equal and those in minority will become more than equal.
School of Abuse
Abuse of power is an art in itself and there was stiff competition from US nominees for the directorship. One can abuse power for money, sex or some other satisfaction. It is an open secret that even American Presidents are victims of this privilege attached to powerful posts. The American team could easily put on the table half a dozen famous names for the director’s post. But the lone nominee from the Indian side was that of Mr. Scratcher, who could demonstrate enviable satisfaction by mere scratching of fairer sex when suspended at unimaginable positions even in a flight. There was no way this could be challenged by the documented expertise of the American contestants. Mr. Scratcher won the day hands down.
The inaugural function of ‘para’College was a grand affair. Almost the entire democratic world was represented on the dais. Being in Kerala, the highlight of the function was symbolic lighting of a traditional lamp with 50 odd threads, representing all the countries that were interested in the future of democracy. Many of the senate members chose to protest against lamp lighting by walking out of the function shouting slogans and many of the dignitaries representing democratic nations had never won an election in their life bode well for the future of parapolitics as a political ideology on world stage.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the incumbent government was left oriented and an open co-operation with US government was simply out of question. As expected there were several objections and the politburo met several times every day to sort out issues followed by the state committee, liaison committee, subject committee, all party joint committee, cabinet sub-committee, cabinet and finally the marathon session of the State Assembly. The joint unanimous declaration categorically ruled out an institute under government sector. Also ruled out was a normal college and anything to do with normal politics. But the pudding on top of the cake at stake was too tempting for all parties and it was decided to go in for a Self Financing version of the same in the parallel sector. The institute was thus born under the lengthy name of Indo-US Self Financing Parallel College for Parapolitics (ISFPCP), ‘para’College for short. The Americans were naturally intrigued by the two terms ‘parallel college’ and ‘parapolitics’. But the NRIs and NRKs, who knows their job well, could convince them in no time. An international institution for normal politics will be out of place in a place like Kerala and so it was decided to go in for parapolitics. And someone in US had rightly defined ‘parapolitics as system or practice of politics in which accountability is consciously diminished’.
Since it was an all-party affair, there was not much of a problem in setting up a 151 member Senate for the institute, comprising of 50 from USA, 50 from UDF (United Democratic Front) and 50 from LDF (Left Democratic Front) with a lone seat set aside for the yet-to-be-born TDF (Third Democratic Front). But finalization of departmental structure and curriculum was not as easy. There were several ideas, suggestions, requests and demands put forth by the various parties and groups within parties. Ideologies and personalities from India and USA clashed, and finally it was decided to start the ‘para’College with just four schools. The real surprise came when it was time for finding the right Directors for these schools. Keralites could snatch all the four was a testimony of their expertise in the various sections of parapolitics.
School of Corruption
Quite contrary to the expectations of general public, there was little contest when the question of directorship for the all important School of Corruption came up. Mr. Bandicoot was the undisputed claimant and choice from Indian side. His record in partiality while holding an impartial post, duty evasion when in charge of enforcing the same and bar licensing when implementing a liquor ban were legendary feats in the political circles. Many of the elders considered him as a guru of corruption. And the Americans too were impressed when they heard about his impressive credentials. The alleged connections between their own Dick and Halliburton in Iraq were nothing in front of Bandicoot’s achievements. School of Corruption in the ‘para’College could not have asked for anything better. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination and hoped that the director would train more and more young politicians from India and US in the difficult and dying art of corruption.
School of Doublespeak
The art (or science) of doublespeak was an important element of parapolitics and it can be ignored only at their own peril by any ambitious politicians. It is like being empathetic with the hunted and hunting for the hunter. All those with vote should feel that he is with them and yet he should work his own agenda when elected. The mantle of Doublespeak directorship was just made for one of the longest serving members of the State Assembly. Mr. Encroacher could not only deceive all the members of his constituency for all the time but could successfully allocate land for his own men while steadfastly swearing to protect government land and forest land. Americans who grew up seeing movies like ‘How the West Was Won’ were flabbergasted by the achievements of Encroacher in winning the Malabar region by silent and manipulated migration of his own townsmen. He could deny anything in the Assembly under oath and do exactly the opposite while distributing government land. The entire senate stood up in grand ovation when the living Saint of Doublespeak came on stage.
School of Minoritism
Americans had heard of ‘majoritism’ but were quite taken aback by the importance given to ‘minoritism’ in an international school for democracy. It was quite enlightening for them to know that ‘minoritism’ not only wins elections but can hijack power in a democracy. There was no scope for another claimant for the directorship than Mr. Secular from Kerala. He is a second generation theoretician in this dying art and had even authored a book on what is secularism. In simple terms it is redefining the Western concept of Secularism so as to suppress all attempts of the majority to come together for any purpose whatsoever. Those in minority should be treated as equal and at the same time protected by means of special privileges. Thus all citizens are equal and those in minority will become more than equal.
School of Abuse
Abuse of power is an art in itself and there was stiff competition from US nominees for the directorship. One can abuse power for money, sex or some other satisfaction. It is an open secret that even American Presidents are victims of this privilege attached to powerful posts. The American team could easily put on the table half a dozen famous names for the director’s post. But the lone nominee from the Indian side was that of Mr. Scratcher, who could demonstrate enviable satisfaction by mere scratching of fairer sex when suspended at unimaginable positions even in a flight. There was no way this could be challenged by the documented expertise of the American contestants. Mr. Scratcher won the day hands down.
The inaugural function of ‘para’College was a grand affair. Almost the entire democratic world was represented on the dais. Being in Kerala, the highlight of the function was symbolic lighting of a traditional lamp with 50 odd threads, representing all the countries that were interested in the future of democracy. Many of the senate members chose to protest against lamp lighting by walking out of the function shouting slogans and many of the dignitaries representing democratic nations had never won an election in their life bode well for the future of parapolitics as a political ideology on world stage.
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