Saswat Pattanayak
Thats a great insite to the things happening, beyond, what is actually shown to the public. I loved the phrase Colacracy !
Arpita,
Thank you for your encouraging note. Four years back when the same drama was being enacted, I had used "Cola War" to describe it:
http://saswat.com/blog/election_huh.html
Over the years I have realized its not just a war, its already a system. A war is something that disturbs people, a system is the one that normalizes an otherwise conflicting situation. Sadly in these times, the war has become the system.
~saswat
i am a fool for not staying more in touch with your blog brother! every time i make it back you deliver the necessary goods! as we know from the university of maryland (and now that im at maryland's morgan state u) this extends to college campuses where we have no choice but to buy a pepsi product.
anyway, many thanks.
jb
Dear brother! Always such a delight hearing from you. You and our Council always remain the source of inspiration for our collective struggles.
The fixation with imposed choices in the sham democratic setup we are left with not only kills imagination for realizing alternative movements without any incentives for "success", it also wipes out the possibilities of systematic replacements while needlessly glorifying symptomatic changes.
We know it only too well that it will be a farce if McCain is elected to the office. But at the same time, it will be a tragedy of our modern times if Obama - while claiming his social locations - wins the polls.
Thank you for always being there, Jared. Looking forward to a council get-together soon.
~saswat
Saswat thanks you for commenting!
