Remember that ol' British policy that we read in our history books-"Divide and rule"- seems like its no longer history!.. In India today, politicians are clamoring for separate states, divisive policies and vote bank politics.
While the cries for "Telangana" in Andhra Pradesh show no signs of reversal, anti-North Indian sentiments are being voiced by Marathi political honchos (no surprise that both these issues are being raised by politicians not currently in power- obviously with the single-minded focus to attract a category of voters).
No party can claim to be "truly universal"- the Left in Bengal bats for the "labor" classes, and of late, has pulled out a religion based reservation policy, which no doubt is to appease the large Muslim refugee population in the state. The Congress has always been the cunning fox in any policy- pulling out all kinds of soaps to pacify its vote base. The BJP is probably the party that has made it preferences most obvious since its inception- always playing the Hindu card to perfection.
India today is at the behest of such hare-brained polices of those who sit in the seats of power. If we have become a player at the world stage in the recent past, it is not "due to" these policies but rather, INSPITE of them!
If only we had better sense prevailing in our political class, we would have reached our current position, decades earlier. Still "aall is not so unwell", as the Gen-Next of Indian Politics is showing signs of sound judgement. One hopes that some sense will soon put an end to all this nonsense!
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