02-07-2009, 12:43 AM
Rajesh ji â I am not aware in which part of India you stay, but it is a sad reality that in todayâs urban India, western way of life has already made a deep impression. The conflict of culture that we see in Mangalore is the true picture of the urban youth of the day. It is true that the degree of influence of the Western culture in the mind of the youth is obviously not uniform. A few are still conservative in their outlook and behaviour while a few are in the middle unable to decide which way to go. Yet there is another group which has transformed itself completely.
The current political fallout from the Mangalore event is rather a politically motivated public disorder rather than the venting of spontaneous anger by the urban youths themselves. Prior to the general election, perhaps some small time political leader thought it to be a good idea to create some news with some new issue. He had not realised that no big time political outfit of the nation would like to come out in support of his noble cause. The reason is very simple, all political parties would like to have the urban upward mobile youths on their side of the political camp.
In the run up to the next general elections , the BJP and its close associates have also realised that the Hindu card alone is not going to provide any solid vote bank. What ever solid base that the BJP earlier enjoyed amongst the business community has also eroded over the years , more so due to the infighting on the question of leadership within the party. The foreign origin of the Congress President is also not going to reflect on the electoral fortunes of any political party.
Under these circumstances, the final outcome of the next general election remains totally unclear as of date.
The current political fallout from the Mangalore event is rather a politically motivated public disorder rather than the venting of spontaneous anger by the urban youths themselves. Prior to the general election, perhaps some small time political leader thought it to be a good idea to create some news with some new issue. He had not realised that no big time political outfit of the nation would like to come out in support of his noble cause. The reason is very simple, all political parties would like to have the urban upward mobile youths on their side of the political camp.
In the run up to the next general elections , the BJP and its close associates have also realised that the Hindu card alone is not going to provide any solid vote bank. What ever solid base that the BJP earlier enjoyed amongst the business community has also eroded over the years , more so due to the infighting on the question of leadership within the party. The foreign origin of the Congress President is also not going to reflect on the electoral fortunes of any political party.
Under these circumstances, the final outcome of the next general election remains totally unclear as of date.