People have a responsibility to be gadflies not only towards corruption but also foolish ideas and concepts and this is an essential part of the political discourse Improvement can only come when legitimate criticism is permitted and addressed Paswan s party s name is ridiculously redundant likewise with the other parties the names of which I had provided translations for This needs to be brought home to them and I was doing it in a way that was not insulting though mocking Secondly there is a tendency for politicians to secede and erect one man parties at the drop of the hat which seem to be harking back to the feudalist phenomena of strong individuals setting themselves up as barons and nobles Sardars in Indian history and this tendency must be checked ridicule is the best means to this end the ridicule of nonsensical variations of party names that often are nothing but emply slogans masking egoist ambitions Politics in India needs to be encouraged to coalesce into a smaller number of better organized parties and that can be done only by discouraging fissiparous and individualist tendencies I believe that the democratic system of the U S besides that of Germany Spain and probably Canada and Australia with which I am not acquainted should provide a pattern for democratic reforms for India Democratic reforms in India decentralization down to divisional district taluka and block levels and making offices such as the Police Commissioner Mayor District Magistrate Collector Block Officer etc elective rather than appointed offices will reduce jingoism over the long term and benefit the world India being a long term threat to world peace a la Meiji Japan Hitler s Germany etc What do you think