Comments on: Dynastic Politics in India

By: prepatellar bursitis

prepatellar bursitis — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:13:42 +0000

Since cool drinks is a very tasty drink but we should see to that it will not effect to our health.

By: Shreya

Shreya — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:04:27 +0000

Hey. I think the article is very well written and shows depth, thought and research. Indeed, the article covers many aspects of dynastic politics, but I thought you could have (or probably later) developed more on the point of weak political institutions and the associated absence of coherent and implementable political idealogy in India.

By: Arghya

Arghya — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:36:42 +0000

Hi, I think you’ve made some very valid points. It’s easy to get carried away with the emotive charge that such an issue has and a more structural analysis of the sort you’ve carried out I think is the way forward if the issue needs to be discussed and hopefully one day remedied. One other point that I may think may be added is relating to dynastic politics to some remnants of a feudal society. The prevalence of dynastic politics is all-pervading in South Asia. In these countries, the relationship between the government and the governed is still one of master-servant. In some sense the politician is still the feudal lord doling out favours. And when one feudal lord dies, it is but natural for him to be replaced by the next-of-kin. It’s surreal that such a model sits easily with democracy, but as you rightly say it’s not surprising. I guess some things are just harder to change than others..