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On Mar 14, 2011, at 12:32 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Silly me - I always thought you guys were easy to govern because you are
> culturally and linguistically homogeneous! You do not have 25 different
> official languages enshrined in your constitution....
> 
> We do not put up with it in a way - in my state, Tamil Nadu, no party has
> got two consecutive terms in the state legislature. The politics is very
> corrupt, but it is also the best governed state in the country, 
> irrespective
> of who is in power. If the delivery of public services is good - health,
> education, etc - then I do not think the poor care how corrupt the
> politicians are, it does not really affect them directly. India is changing
> - in the historically worst managed states in the country, persons who
> govern well are slowly getting re-elected, the Supreme Court has started
> taking charge of corruption cases away from the hands of the ruling party.
> Our democracy is where you were in the early part of the last century, my
> guess is it will catch up in the next 25 years or so.
> 
> That said, as far as services like health care and education are concerned,
> I would much prefer the private sector to take over - it wont be free, but
> it will at least be available and function. If we are to take advantage of
> the demographic dividend that we possess now, these two sectors are key.

I'm far too exhausted to go into this.
Though I must say that as I read it
it feels chocked full with contradictions.

Good night my distant friend.
I'll take your thoughts and mine to bed
let them simmer in a stew
of dreams and recollections.
On the morrow our world will have changed;
yet the universe not a tad.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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