Mockeracy

What a mockery of Democracy we have made it in India.

The largest democracy turns a blind eye to the attrocities of the Burmese junta.

Inside India we have Nandigram. The Congress stands as a mute spectator when the marxists use their gun totting goons to terrorise innocent villagers so that they can have a few more days on the hot seat. And the Marxists blame their own government and say they had to use violence because the government didn't do anything.

As if that is not enough, when the whole world strives to move forward, we Indians want to be classified as Backwards. Oh mere backward is not enough, we want to be the most backward class. We agitate mostly violently to be classified as such.

In the name of affirmative action, the political class is using the divide and rule policy, effectively breaking the main pillar of democracy, equality.

And We also deport foreigners who participate in peaceful marches on the pretext of them participating in religious activity. And it doesn't matter that we sell ourselves in the tourism circuit on the basis on "Spiritual India" and we also have a full blown "Buddhist Religious Circuit".

For me this is not Democracy. Should we then coin a new term for this kind of Mockeracy?

Originally posted on 5/30/08 @ Mumbai