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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->1. As it happened, the MCs were totally swayed by the polemics of the secularists. Thus Hindus have always had their leaders chosen for them by their opponents (albeit in a reverse psychology way).
2. One must not sub-contract ones principles to leaders who then negotiate on their behalf, but stick firmly and unrelentingly to the principles themselves and support and reward those who come forward to uphold these principles according to the efforts made and successes achieved.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes. And yes.
So, who else is left to vote for? What are our alternatives.
Hindus at present can only choose between Scylla and Charybdis. Neither is where we want to go.
Just one bit of confusion, arising from an inconsistency in the write up.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+May 22 2009, 01:35 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ May 22 2009, 01:35 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Hindu (mis)leadership   Â
Sameer Bhagwat
22 May 2009
A resident, say, Chote Lal Ji (CLJ) promises to do something.
[...]
The jubilant middle classes thinks its payback time and asks CLJ to deliver on the promise (not his own mind you, but what the secularists alleged he would do).
http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplay...cle.aspx?id=591
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(Accidentally deleted the wrong post)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->1. As it happened, the MCs were totally swayed by the polemics of the secularists. Thus Hindus have always had their leaders chosen for them by their opponents (albeit in a reverse psychology way).
2. One must not sub-contract ones principles to leaders who then negotiate on their behalf, but stick firmly and unrelentingly to the principles themselves and support and reward those who come forward to uphold these principles according to the efforts made and successes achieved.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes. And yes.
So, who else is left to vote for? What are our alternatives.
Hindus at present can only choose between Scylla and Charybdis. Neither is where we want to go.
Just one bit of confusion, arising from an inconsistency in the write up.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+May 22 2009, 01:35 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ May 22 2009, 01:35 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Hindu (mis)leadership   Â
Sameer Bhagwat
22 May 2009
A resident, say, Chote Lal Ji (CLJ) promises to do something.
[...]
The jubilant middle classes thinks its payback time and asks CLJ to deliver on the promise (not his own mind you, but what the secularists alleged he would do).
http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplay...cle.aspx?id=591
[right][snapback]97607[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->