electoral politics
The absurdity of war, mediated
2009, April 26 - 4:00am — kettikiliCNN-IBN just happens to be on my television. This is what I see on the chyron, interspersed with the occasional story, mostly full of b-reel footage of the SLA and unending lines of shell-shocked families marching to an uncertain future.
Read between these lines below and you will see the war and its political context in India, stripped of all complexity and boiled down to its essential absurdity:
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Much hyped Third Front offers more bark than bite
Article Date:
18 Mar 2009
Last week, Indian politics saw the attempt to create an anti-Congress and anti-BJP Third Front for the upcoming elections. Ten regional and leftist parties huddled near the southern city of Bangalore to discuss alliances, policy directives and possibly the prime minister's post.
Article Source:
Open Democracy
