India’s repulsive political culture

Just picture in your mind’s eye a function organised by the concerned parties to inaugurate a Library and Research Centre housing references and memorabilia pertaining to, say, the period in office of M. Karunanidhi, Buddhadeb Bhatacharya or Atal Behari Vajpayee. Can you see even in your wildest dreams Jayalalithaa, Mamata Banerjee or any of Vajpayee’s successors, and the leading lights of the various political parties on the opposite side of the political spectrum, attending it, and showering copious encomia on the qualities of head and heart of the persons after whom the Centre is named?

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