Left, Right and Vanishing Centre
The ideological tennis-match that is public discourse in India has left the ordinary or garden variety of citizen who can think for himself as a spectator with a crick in the neck A strange phenomenon seems to have gripped this country. Every development in the economic and political realm appears to accentuate its virulence. At times I find myself oscillating my head from left to right; just like I do when I witness a live tennis match. Issues which must be condemned for just being blatantly wrong are being politicised by extremes. The space for a healthy middle is diminishing; and very rapidly. Debates in this country are being held hostage by two conspicuous squads. On the left, we have India's liberals. Mind the usage. In political science, the term liberal has a completely different meaning. But people who subscribe to this philosophy in India have grossly misinterpreted its essence. They will eloquently articulate their grand vision for India; an Indi...