tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post8651990472678812551..comments2024-03-27T17:16:12.789+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: An election rally in Amethi, Uttar PradeshAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-10787416846868453372012-02-17T14:04:46.446+05:302012-02-17T14:04:46.446+05:30Furniture wrapped in white cloth (e.g; the stage i...Furniture wrapped in white cloth (e.g; the stage in one of the pics above) is a big red flag to me, I don't quite know why!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-19365548791494378202012-02-16T22:18:26.411+05:302012-02-16T22:18:26.411+05:30Agreed with the first part of the question's r...Agreed with the first part of the question's response.<br />As with Business, so with the Business of politics - Indians have figured out the 'efficient' way of running things is to hire Professionals and then manage the big picture - that is good - because it keeps improving the process and eliminates wastage.<br />Also alas the second question cannot be answered positively yet - in my opinion we are ages away from change that will remove family/clan/fief/caste control of politics away from a group to truly passionate people driven by policy change and to make life better for their fellow humans.<br /><br />Also another thing - you perhaps did not catch the real 'motivator' behind the poor showing up - its mainly wads of cash, country liquor, sarees and such that are doled out before the rally - and typically its done in the village or town at the local level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-54088939711481866482012-02-12T23:55:18.986+05:302012-02-12T23:55:18.986+05:30These are both interesting and yet distinct questi...These are both interesting and yet distinct questions.<br /><br />The first order question is: The politician and his son are in charge, but is the organisation efficiently run? E.g. look at <a href="http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.in/2010/01/how-efficient-is-traditional-indian.html" rel="nofollow">this interesting material</a>. Holding ownership+governance intact, is the organisation at the production possibility frontier? My rough sense is that 20 years ago, a lot of big Indian companies were family run + inefficient. And that today, they remain family dominated,b ut the first order inefficiencies have been ironed out.<br /><br />The second and distinct question is about the evolution of the organisation away from family domination. That's also important, but it's orthogonal to the question about process analysis, process optimisation, etc.Ajay Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-77291403681733042992012-02-12T23:09:19.031+05:302012-02-12T23:09:19.031+05:30the author shall play safe and not talk about econ...the author shall play safe and not talk about economics of such rallies. Particularly non cadre based parties.What is the money spent per participant. During one such Sonia Gandhi rally in Goa,as per a driver who attended and got rewarded,Aam aurat and admi was payed Rs 200 and free food. An estimated 50,000 people attended. Work out the maths.bagduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355737655431099045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-47982799171926483842012-02-12T22:45:51.190+05:302012-02-12T22:45:51.190+05:30Professionalisation of Indian politics just like t...Professionalisation of Indian politics just like the professionalisation of Indian business but where the owner firmly remains the owner and the politician and his son remain the politician and his son. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-60715231874792795512012-02-12T21:52:26.770+05:302012-02-12T21:52:26.770+05:30There were no local toddy sections? the ones i saw...There were no local toddy sections? the ones i saw it was flowing like rivers along with biryani packets.gaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321062651424951993noreply@blogger.com