Tuesday, April 8, 2014

India @ 2014 elections : can we let think beyond democracy...



Thanks to the works of Naveen Jindal, the Flag Code of India went into amendments to allow Flag usage by Indian citizens. For records...Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation houses in it's campus India's tallest Flag Pole standing @ 225 feet. The sight more soothing post sun-set, where flood lights illuminate the fluttering National Flag, a distinct symbol of the country - first designed as the Swaraj flag(the charkha one) by Pingali Venkayya from Machilipatnam.

The largest electoral population goes for voting in the topic being en-cashed by the media barons... the mood is upbeat for the 2nd largest party welcome. All over, be it the oratory wars on rallies or astrologer predictions like this one; everyone's pointing to the man in the center of business & administrative appreciation closely followed by political criticism. The predictions in the link are charismatic....let's wait and watch for time to uncover the events in the largest democracy of the world.

Attempting to run through a few types of 'rule of the land' a bit here. So are we democratic :) The constitution gives direction on the state conduct. It easily let it slip into a 'Capitalistic Democracy'. Options please. 

Say Communism as in China (a friend of mine returned from Shanghai, the infra is just amazing. High speed trains as he says are giving 375kms/hr on avg) or say the form used in Russia or the democracy of Americas. See the democracy index here. The state of Kerala, another friend says is very well developed one. You hardly get to see state evils like non-accessible rurals or illiteracy or everyday survival amenities issues. Every node is connected, every node is breathing well and is rich in food & water. Basics for living are long done ! Highest literacy levels in the entire country. Has a good mix of various religious population healthily living together and enjoying own festivals in all it's fervor  Did communism achieve that milestone? Well West Bengal (another state) has an altogether different story even when ruled quite largely by Communist parties. Probably differing sub-sub-ideologies.Can a country under dictators show great guns? Germany under Hitler took about just a decade to turn around as a powerful state...Neighbors are another examples.

Or the Swiss form....where the wiki reads - "Any citizen may challenge a law that has been passed by parliament. If that person is able to gather 50,000 signatures against the law within 100 days, a national vote has to be scheduled ..... Also, any citizen may seek a decision on an amendment they want to make to the constitution. For such a federal popular initiative to be organised, the signatures of 100,000 voters must be collected within 18 months....." Lot of power in citizens. With AAP & Anna campaigns during the last few years we would have seen an amendment every hour :)

So which one is the best form of RULE of LAND which provides & allows the entire population (without any reservations) :


  • Peace of mind
  • Security for living beings as well as nature at large
  • Healthy Food (can i add tasty :))
  • Shelter
  • Health care
  • Education which enriches wisdom and builds skills which are contextual
  • Right work (not the ones where aeronautical engineers are coding scala for a living :)) 
  • Power to challenge what is wrong without creating chaos (RTI is still cubersome for it's status is not visible, one needs to ask/challenge)
  • Ideals for the generations to lookup to (for inspiration & motivation without the need of a competitor)
  • Fosters innovation (there can be a world without mobile phones to carry with)
  • Mandatory amenities for all
  • Meritocracy
  • Entertainment (need a party culture of sorts :))
What else do we need ? 'Security' in context of the human population should ensure such stringent laws that it's really dangerous for heinous minds to plant insecurity(gender harassment, terror, all covered). Can the law provision such ways that everyone owns everything and still doesn't own particularly anything.

'Education' - we have got RTE in enforcement. I liked the wiki on it which read World Bank's representative saying - "The RTE Act is the first legislation in the world that puts the responsibility .... on the Government. It is the parents' responsibility to send the children to schools in the US and other countries..."

Out of the box  :
Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) seems interesting, for it seeks to deliver Governance which leap bounds progress in Human Civilization. Consider this : No boundaries, minimum requirements fulfilled for every body, Universe the new Country.... Economist Ravi Bhatra delivers Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's philosophy in his books & speeches. Interesting to see someone saying there is a way out for all.

Well for now, very curious in testing the predictions of Mr. K. Gopalakrishnanji from the first link on this blog :)

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