rajesh purohit / blog

Every MP in the Lok Sabha or the lower house of the Indian parliament under the age of 30 had inherited a seat. More than two thirds of the 66 MPs aged 40 or under are hereditary MPs. Every Congress MP under the age of 35 was a hereditary MP. Nearly 40% of the 66  ministers who are members of the Lok Sabha  were hereditary members. Nearly 70% of the women MPs have family connections. More details -  http://www.theindiasite.com/family-politics/

Once again whole intellectual media is fighiting over who was responsible for creating Pakistan and if Mohammad Ali Jinnah really wanted Pakistan. I will leave this for you readers. I came across this piece from indiatimes blog which you can read here There's at least one thing Jaswant Singh has said about Partition that is correct -- far from ensuring peace and communal harmony, it actually worsened the situation and left both India and Pakistan a legacy of hate and mistrust. It ensured that two poor nations would engage in an arms race neither could really afford, culminating in their acquiring nuclear weapons. And the unfinished agenda of Partition still festers, in the form of Kashmir.