Dynastic Democracy: Two Articles
17 October 2010 | Readings
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Two articles, two columnists, same newspaper, same day, same page, same issue … and a vast gulf in quality. In the Indian Express today, Meghnad Desai’s Succession Politics, on the feudal nature of India’s democracy, is a thoughtful reflection on the state of the world’s largest democracy. In contrast, Tavleen Singh’s We Live In Neo-Feudal Times is utterly pedestrian and the kind of sophomoric rant that fills college papers. And it certainly doesn’t help when Ms Singh says things like “us political pundit types”. Political pundit? Who, Tavleen Singh? When did that happen? This defining moment in history seems to have escaped everyone.
