Excerpts from my blog ‘Media and its abnormalities – Prejudices-
Part Ⅳ’ in Twitter thread format.
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Topic: Dislike for dynasty
Part Ⅳ’ in Twitter thread format.
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Topic: Dislike for dynasty
It is difficult to say since when the media had these abnormalities as it goes deep back into several decades. It is not required to dig much into past history as we have enough instances to establish a common strain that is not normal. What our concern is, why does it happen?
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It is more or less true that the word dynasty creates goosebumps among ‘intellectuals’. We have enough of them in the media.
They acquire ‘intellectual calibre’ as they join media to ‘advocate and judge’ what is right and wrong.
Maybe they can now recruit judges from media.
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They acquire ‘intellectual calibre’ as they join media to ‘advocate and judge’ what is right and wrong.
Maybe they can now recruit judges from media.
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The dynasty question was visible after Nehru or to be exact after Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death.
Indira’s rise to the throne was pricking many of them. Merits, qualification, seniority, experience all came into question as Indira was called ‘Goongi gudiya’.
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Indira’s rise to the throne was pricking many of them. Merits, qualification, seniority, experience all came into question as Indira was called ‘Goongi gudiya’.
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Perhaps no one raised a dynasty question when Jawaharlal Nehru became a congress leader.
Nehru earned his position as a top leader on his own rights, merits. But his dynastic lineage can not be denied.
He also needed Gandhi’s endorsement, nomination to become Prime Minister.
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Nehru earned his position as a top leader on his own rights, merits. But his dynastic lineage can not be denied.
He also needed Gandhi’s endorsement, nomination to become Prime Minister.
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Indira Gandhi carrying an image of ‘Goongi gudiya’, was initially tentative but turned assertive and became an iron lady to disappoint many of the erstwhile leaders of the grand old party.
She overcame the challenges to her leadership, posed by her senior Congress leaders.
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She overcame the challenges to her leadership, posed by her senior Congress leaders.
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The senior Congress leaders split the party, forming their group Congress(O); allied with Jana Sangh, Swatantra Party, SSP to form a grand National Democratic Front alliance.
Indira proved her abilities again when she won general elections in Mar 1971 against this alliance.
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Indira proved her abilities again when she won general elections in Mar 1971 against this alliance.
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Her handling of India Pakistan war in 1971 and the incredible win established that further.
Why then senior leaders and ‘intellectuals’ do not want to allow them time to prove themselves?
Maybe they are afraid of their popularity, brand name, family goodwill and sacrifices.
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Why then senior leaders and ‘intellectuals’ do not want to allow them time to prove themselves?
Maybe they are afraid of their popularity, brand name, family goodwill and sacrifices.
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If dynastic leaders could establish themselves, it is ‘unfair and improper’ as it is ‘misuse’ of family linkage, encashing their brand name;
they are jumping the queue denying others fair opportunities;
it does hurt their ‘much-overblown’ egos, pride and ambitions.
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they are jumping the queue denying others fair opportunities;
it does hurt their ‘much-overblown’ egos, pride and ambitions.
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Most of the times these ‘seniors and intellectuals’ do not express openly their reservations and opinion that these dynastic leaders are inferior in terms of intellect, experience in comparison to themselves,
They ignore their shortcomings to assume top leadership.
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They ignore their shortcomings to assume top leadership.
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Even the euphoria of big electoral victory and that of a spectacular win in Indo Pakistan war only a temporary adulation.
Indira Gandhi, the ‘Goddess Durga’ of politics in 1971 became an ‘autocrat’ in the eyes of her opponents, intellectuals, and media by 1975.
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Indira Gandhi, the ‘Goddess Durga’ of politics in 1971 became an ‘autocrat’ in the eyes of her opponents, intellectuals, and media by 1975.
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