
Ep. 149: A life in Indian Politics
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Three Failures of Indian Democracy
The lack of accountability is a first major brand. We haven't understood just because power changed hands, it wouldn't change much. The second thing is we centralized power abnormally. Despite Mahatma Gandhi's entreaties, we never created a link in people's minds between the vote they gave and the consequences to their lives at a personal and family level. And finally, in electoral system wholly unsuited to our conditions.
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