Only affirmative collective action can save India
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Despite aggressive "Go out and vote" campaigns and thousands of Mumbaikars thronging Mumbai roads to express their anger at 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the voter turn-out in Mumbai actually decreased rather than going up. It is easy to blame the middle-class as lazy. But a deeper analysis would show that the people actually do not see a connection between voting and a solution to their problems. In the last sixty years, almost every political party and leader has been tried. But things have gone from bad to worse. People do not see elections bringing any change. They vote and then plead before the same people the next five years. For example, can you as a citizen do anything if a school teacher does not turn up to teach at your local government school? If a doctor in a government hospital does not attend to patients? If a ration-shopkeeper is....
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Arvind Kejriwal is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1992 and set up his NGO, Parivartan, in 2000. He resigned from the Government in February 2006. Arvind's sustenance is supported by Ashoka's fellowship. An ardent activist, he was honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2007.Recent Posts
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