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India Heading Towards a Banana Republic! |
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by Dr. Subhash Kapila |
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The year end of 2012 is fast approaching and so is the sinking feeling that is India is heading towards being a ‘Banana Republic’ in the political sense? On the Wikipedia website from a host of definitions the one that appealed to me was that:
Main features of a banana republic reflected on the same website are:
India in end-2012 may not be the stereotype banana republic commonly referred to small size countries in Central America with endemic corruption. India has sub continental geographical proportions. But India in 2012 is plagued politically and economically in sub-continental proportions by many of the worst political and economic manifestations of a “Banana Republic’. |
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Comments on this Article
Prof. RKBhushan 10/11/2012 01:52 AM
Suresh 10/10/2012 12:42 PM
drsubhash kapila 10/09/2012 00:49 AM
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