One question: Were the British any worse than Mulayam Singh Yadav, Laloo Yadav and the countless other corrupt scoundrels who plundered millions in the name of "social justice" and other archaic slogans ?
Well atleast the corrupt scoundrels you mention(ed) can be booted out like Laloo & others have learned over the years when they least expect it & also made to perform like Laloo seems to be doing with the railways.There was no such luxury with the Poms.
The reason why caste or community is bandied about in Northern India esp is not LOWER INTELLIGENCE.It is because of a chronic lack of education(less than 50%) & social reform as was seen in the Southern & Western states.UP has produced most of India's prime ministers(from different states),but the state is still akin to the wild wild west where everyone incl. the afore mentioned prime ministers lived for themselves.If you & I were living there,we would probably be voting on divisive lines.If anything the fact that these Social justice parties ar a sign that India's democratic polity is evolving but it will take a long time.
One question: Were the British any worse than Mulayam Singh Yadav, Laloo Yadav and the countless other corrupt scoundrels who plundered millions in the name of "social justice" and other archaic slogans ?
The thing is the electorate gets a chance to throw them out every five years and at the end of the day they are held accountable somewhere some way.....The british had absolute power and were accountable to none...